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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the small ribbon-shaped creation that is the first member known of the 'chordate' phylum?
(a) Mikaia.
(b) Nikaia.
(c) Oakaia.
(d) Pikaia.

2. What do Oxford advisers not spend much of their time on, according to Gould?
(a) Paleontologists' work.
(b) Philosophers' work.
(c) Students' work.
(d) Parents' work.

3. What large crab with an enormous number of spines did Collins publish a monograph on in 1985?
(a) Eskesis.
(b) Sanctacaris.
(c) Phylocaticis.
(d) Malactaris.

4. What stage of contingency does the book focus on most?
(a) The first stage.
(b) The fourth stage.
(c) The fifth stage.
(d) The sixth stage.

5. What does Gould say represents the Burgess message?
(a) Naraoia.
(b) Scthyoria.
(c) Yohoia.
(d) Opabinia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the dissenter believe should happen to Aysehaia?

2. Why did Whittington's next classification pose a problem?

3. What is Canadaspis?

4. Which team member has Gould largely ignored at this point?

5. What kind of category was it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gould argue about the classification of the Canadaspis?

2. Why did the Burgess Shale drama become a denouement by 1978?

3. What two major discoveries did Derek Briggs make?

4. What did Sanctacaris look like?

5. How does the book describe Derek Briggs and Simon Conway Morris as students of Oxford?

6. How can Odaraia be described?

7. What must the next generation do with the Burgess Shale?

8. Why does Gould deplore the prevention of Des Collins excavation of Walcot's quarry?

9. Why did classifying Naraoia pose a problem for Whittington?

10. How did Aysehaia contribute to the Burgess Drama?

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