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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 happened after Whittington published his monograph on Naraoia?
(a) He takes a break.
(b) He begins work on Aysheaia.
(c) He is promoted to Chief Curator of the Smithsonian.
(d) He becomes famous.

2. What did Anomalocaris appear to represent?
(a) Another new species.
(b) Another new kingdom.
(c) Another new phylum.
(d) Another new taxonomy.

3. What did Bruton and Whittington do in 1983 in a monograph?
(a) Discuss Yohoia and Leanchoilia.
(b) Analyze Leanchoilia and Nerella.
(c) Analyze Emeraldella and Leanchoilia.
(d) Observe Nerella and Emeraldella.

4. What did Whittington restrain Morris from doing?
(a) From overreaching.
(b) From spinning out of control.
(c) From underreaching.
(d) From holding on to hard to his lessons.

5. What is the second subtitle for the Act 5 chapter?
(a) Doomsday (There Are No Final Answers).
(b) Doomsday (There Are Final Answers).
(c) Wednesday (There Are No Final Answers).
(d) Doomsday (There Are No Final Statements).

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Morris push Whittington to do?

2. What did Morris publish while still in graduate school?

3. What did Gould note about the Burgess work at this time, in Act 5?

4. What adjectives describe Whittington?

5. What is the name of the class of Burgess arthropods?

Short Essay Questions

1. What other monographs were published in 1981 concerning the Burgess Shale and by who?

2. Describe Wiwaxia.

3. What did Sanctacaris look like?

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

5. How does Gould describe the relationship between Oxford advisors and their students?

6. What did Leanchoilica look like?

7. What two major discoveries did Derek Briggs make?

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

9. What is uniquely special about the discovery of Sanctacaris?

10. What new species does the fourth act concentrate on?

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