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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. What kind of interpretation did Morris want of the Burgess Shale fossils?
(a) Radical.
(b) Grand.
(c) Lenient.
(d) Morose.

2. How can scientists describe the structure of evolutionary inference?
(a) Fairly easy.
(b) Fairly intuitive.
(c) Quite complex.
(d) Quite simple.

3. Which genus was Whittington focused on classifying in Chapter Three?
(a) Minillera.
(b) Marrella.
(c) Splendens.
(d) Hartoll.

4. Of Whittington's team, who was more methodologically conservative?
(a) Derek Briggs.
(b) Conway Morris.
(c) Simeon Martin.
(d) Whittington.

5. How many general Burgess revisions did we acquire?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjectives describe Morris?

2. How many levels are there in the taxonomy of life?

3. Which fossils was Whittington an expert of?

4. What do Oxford advisers not spend much of their time on, according to Gould?

5. What adjectives describe Whittington?

(see the answer key)

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