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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Burgess Drama, Act 4. Completion and Codiication of an Argument: Naraoia and Aysheaia, 1977-1978..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What example helped round out the Burgess revision?
(a) Marella.
(b) Naraoia.
(c) Wiwaxia.
(d) Aysehaia.

2. What did the dissenter believe should happen to Aysehaia?
(a) It should spread to the lower classes.
(b) It should jump two classes.
(c) It should be retained in a known class.
(d) It should not exist.

3. What did the new methods Whittington and his team adopted help them do?
(a) Organize the fossils.
(b) Recast the fossils.
(c) Study the fossils.
(d) Transport the fossils.

4. What does Gould determine about the difference between eukaryotic fauna and the Burgess fauna?
(a) The difference is vast.
(b) The difference is close.
(c) The difference is microscopic.
(d) The difference is minimalist.

5. What do the levels range from in the taxonomy of life?
(a) Phyla to classes.
(b) Kingdom to species.
(c) Orders to genera.
(d) Phyla to species.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most common organism among the Burgess Shale fossils?

2. What was Whittington's first monograph about?

3. How much of all marine life died during the greatest extinction in history?

4. What does Gould focus on to bring the Burgess Shale into clear view?

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

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