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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Burgess Drama, Act 5. The Maturation of a Research Program: Life after Aysheaia, 1979 - Doomsday (There Are No Final Answers).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many levels are there in the taxonomy of life?
(a) Few.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) None.
(d) Several.

2. What kind of development were the Burgess animals first interpreted to have?
(a) Regressing development.
(b) Quick, rash development.
(c) Unchanging development.
(d) Gradual, progressive development.

3. Which are the names of three rare arthropods in the Shale?
(a) Molaria, Sartrocercus, Asheais.
(b) Molaria, Actaeus, Sartrocercus.
(c) Sartrocercus, Asheais, Actaeus.
(d) Acteria, Malaraia, Bulgara.

4. How was Walcott's taxonomy significantly updated?
(a) Including new marrella and phyla.
(b) Including new genera and phyla.
(c) Including new manera and genera.
(d) Including new phyla and manera.

5. What part did Whittington dissect of Opabinia?
(a) The arms.
(b) The head.
(c) The carapace.
(d) The legs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Burgess Shale represent that occurred 570 million years ago?

2. What did Marrella and Yohoia still appear to be?

3. What kind of drama does Gould wish to recount that led to rejecting Walcott's interpretation?

4. What was Whittington's 1979 monograph written about?

5. What is the name of the class of Burgess arthropods?

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