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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 are Derek Briggs and Simon Conway Morris described as?

2. What did 1971 through 1978 bring for Whittington?

3. Which class did Whittington's dissenter say Aysehaia should be in?

4. What is the second subtitle for the Act 5 chapter?

5. How many acts does the Burgess Drama have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Sanctacaris look like?

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

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

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

6. What two major discoveries did Derek Briggs make?

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

8. What does Morris find that is so shocking?

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

10. What did Leanchoilica look like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gould argues that Canadaspis' classification as a crustacean is crucial. Summarize Gould's argument and then, using at least three examples from the book, argue for or against Gould's position.

Essay Topic 2

Gould examines how Whittington gave upon the Trilobitoidea class. In your own words, summarize why Whittington threw out the Trilobitoidea class. Support your summary with two examples taken from any of the chapters in the book.

Essay Topic 3

Gould promotes the idea that evolution cannot hold up under intensive examination. First, examine evolution as a theory. Second, examine it as a theory in the context of the Burgess Shale. Support your agreement or disagreement with at least two logical reasons with solid examples. Can the conception of evolution hold up under intensive examination? Why or why not?

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