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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Burgess Drama, Act I. Marrella and Yohoia: The Dawning and Consolidation of Suspicion, 1971-1974.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Burgess fauna follow the beginning of what era?
(a) Paleozoic Era.
(b) Pezozoic Era.
(c) Mesozoic Era.
(d) Maleozoic Era.

2. What kinds of versions does the story of the Burgess Shale's discovery have?
(a) Two of more or less the same version.
(b) A old, more accurate version and a newer, less accurate version.
(c) A newer, less accurate version and an older, more accurate version.
(d) An old, less accurate version and a newer, more accurate version.

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

4. What does Gould's new interpretation emphasize about human evolution?
(a) It has a single order.
(b) It has no single order.
(c) It has two orders.
(d) It has five orders.

5. What kind of appendages did Yohoia have?
(a) Unique.
(b) Normal.
(c) Fluffy.
(d) Severed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the boundary between the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras?

3. What comprises the first 4 billion years of Earth's history?

4. What pushed Whittington beyond the idea he struggled under?

5. Which creatures are representative of these four classes that survived the first great extinction?

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