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Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History Quiz

Stephen Jay Gould
This Study Guide consists of approximately 24 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Wonderful Life.

Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History Quiz

Stephen Jay Gould
This Study Guide consists of approximately 24 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Wonderful Life.

Take our free Wonderful Life quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

Directions: Click on the correct answer.

Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What is the second major contingency? (from Chapter 5, Possible Worlds)

2.

What is so strange about Opabinia that paleontologists found it unbelievable? (from The Burgess Drama, Act 2. A New View Takes Hold: Homage to Opabinia, 1975)

3.

What does Chapter 5 argue that the story of history is about? (from Chapter 5, Possible Worlds)

4.

How did Gould come to understand the Burgess Shale? (from Remainder of Chapter 3)

5.

How does Gould attempt to illustrate his point about evolutionary contingency? (from Chapter 5, Possible Worlds)

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