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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. How many years did Whittington spend on his 1979 monograph?
(a) Five and a half years.
(b) Four and a half years.
(c) Six months.
(d) One year.

2. When did Whittington publish a monograph on Yohoia?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1974.

3. Where is the Burgess Shale?
(a) England.
(b) The Appalachian Mountains.
(c) The Canadian Rockies.
(d) Mt. Everest.

4. What is one of the first tasks of the paleontologist after producing a clear specimen?
(a) Categorize each file according to specimen.
(b) Write a monograph on observation alone.
(c) Classify the specimen in taxonomy.
(d) Naturalize the environment and take samples.

5. When was the famed "death of the dinosaurs?"
(a) 20 million years ago.
(b) 100 thousand million years ago.
(c) 65 million years ago.
(d) 10 million years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Yohoia specialized for?

2. What was Leif Størmer's treatise on the Burgess Shale named?

3. What is the Burgess Shale?

4. In what year did Leif Størmer describe the Burgess Shale arthropods in a treatise?

5. Who newly interpreted the Burgess animals in 1971?

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