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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Possible Worlds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who discovered Harry Whittington's analysis of fauna decades later?
(a) Sebastian.
(b) Walcott.
(c) Rutherford.
(d) Des Collins.

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

3. What adjectives describe Whittington?
(a) Thankful, gracious, kind.
(b) Mild, warm, liberal.
(c) Quiet, mousy, whimsical.
(d) Kind, conservative, mild-mannered.

4. What is the fourth major contingency?
(a) The disparity of contemporary fauna.
(b) The death of postmodern fauna.
(c) Cambrian origin of modern fauna.
(d) The lack of fauna.

5. How did the Burgess Shale's mysteries become apparent?
(a) An explanation of theory.
(b) A discovery of a chemical.
(c) A shift in mindset.
(d) A discovery of a fossil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was once often a focus of the fauna?

2. What was Whittington the world expert on at the time?

3. What was Yohoia specialized for?

4. What does Gould strain to emphasize for his audience?

5. What did Whittington shockingly find after the dissection of Opabinia?

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