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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gould strain to emphasize for his audience?

2. What pushed Whittington beyond the idea he struggled under?

3. What types did Whittingdon use to classify the new species?

4. What did the new methods Whittington and his team adopted help them do?

5. What make up periods?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why could the acceptance of the new interpretation create within humans a psychological shock?

2. Why is the Burgess Shale acknowledged as the most significant collection of fossils yet discovered?

3. How did Whittington try to uncover the bodily appendages of Opabinia?

4. How does Gould begin Chapter 2: A Background for the Burgess Shale?

5. What special insight or perspective does the Burgess Shale offer?

6. What evidence favors Opabinia's uniqueness?

7. How is the Marrella splendens described in relation to the other Burgess Shale fossils?

8. How is the "Cambrian explosion" defined?

9. What was the difference between Simon Conway Morris and Whittington in the way that they worked?

10. What did Leif Størmer's "Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology" describe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 2, the relationship between Burgess fauna and eukaryotic fauna is examined. of the sequential artist and the reader is examined. Examine the different stages of fauna. Answer the following question: What does this relationship express about evolution in general and about the Burgess Shale in particular? Use one of your own supporting ideas to back up your statement, and at least two examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Since a team controls research data, it's important that each member function in unison. Answer the following question: Is the diversity of Whittington's team a strength or a weakness? Discuss three ways in which their diversity is a strength or a weakness. Use material from the entire book to support your examples.

Essay Topic 3

Chapter 2 focuses on the myth of the laboratory and of field work. What does Gould have to say about the myths behind these work stations? Discuss three examples that explain how Gould presents these working stations as mythic. Also, determine the similarities and differences between laboratory and field work.

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