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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. Who discovered Harry Whittington's analysis of fauna decades later?
(a) Des Collins.
(b) Rutherford.
(c) Sebastian.
(d) Walcott.
2. How many general stages of fauna are between the two faunas both eukaryotic and of the Burgess Shale?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.
3. What type of evidence concerning Opabinia is considered to be decisive?
(a) Its classification.
(b) Its guts.
(c) Its distinctiveness.
(d) Its structure.
4. What is the first subtitle for the Act 5 chapter?
(a) The Development of a Research Program: Life after Aysheaia.
(b) The Maturation of a Research Program: Life after Opabinia.
(c) The Maturation of a Research Program: Life after Aysheaia.
(d) The Maturation of a Paradigm Program: Life after Aysheaia.
5. What kind of lessons does Stephen Jay Gould draw from how the Burgess Shale was first interpreted?
(a) Religious and traditional lessons.
(b) Conservative and biological lessons.
(c) Methodological and philosophical lessons.
(d) Medieval and historical lessons.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the "death of the dinosaurs" boundary make possible?
2. What did Gould describe as characteristic of arthropods?
3. What was Yohoia specialized for?
4. What was Whittington's 1979 monograph written about?
5. What did the dissenter believe should happen to Aysehaia?
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