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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Remainder of Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which old category did the team focus on to classify Opabinia?
(a) "Trilobites."
(b) "Worms."
(c) "Beetles."
(d) "Mechanisms."

2. What adjectives describe Whittington?
(a) Kind, conservative, mild-mannered.
(b) Thankful, gracious, kind.
(c) Quiet, mousy, whimsical.
(d) Mild, warm, liberal.

3. Which fossils was Whittington an expert of?
(a) Trixony fossils.
(b) Trilobite fossils.
(c) Bezoar fossils.
(d) Pitolimite fossils.

4. What type of relationship does Gould say Oxford advisers have with their students?
(a) A premature relationship.
(b) Little to no relationship.
(c) A strong relationship.
(d) A mature relationship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Burgess Shale such an amazing find?

2. What did Whittington attempt to do to many of the new species found in the Burgess Shale?

3. What kind of similarities and differences must scientists attend to?

4. What do bats superficially resemble?

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

(see the answer key)

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