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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what year did Leif Størmer describe the Burgess Shale arthropods in a treatise?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1959.
2. The Burgess fauna follow the beginning of what era?
(a) Paleozoic Era.
(b) Maleozoic Era.
(c) Pezozoic Era.
(d) Mesozoic Era.
3. 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.
4. What are Marrella and Yohoia?
(a) Known animals from Earth.
(b) Evolutionary cousins.
(c) Evolutionary dead-ends.
(d) Animals from another universe.
5. How many new arthropod designs does The Burgess Shale contain?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fifty.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Gould's perspective, what historical understanding does the Burgess shale offer humanity?
2. What does Gould's new interpretation emphasize about human evolution?
3. What is one of the first tasks of the paleontologist after producing a clear specimen?
4. How did the Burgess Shale's mysteries become apparent?
5. When was the boundary between the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the Marrella splendens described in relation to the other Burgess Shale fossils?
2. What evidence favors Opabinia's uniqueness?
3. What is Chapter 3: Reconstruction of the Burgess Shale: Toward a New View of Life about?
4. How does Gould begin Chapter 2: A Background for the Burgess Shale?
5. What is the first chapter of "Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History" about?
6. What did using these new methods allow Whittington's team to do?
7. What dominant paradigm about the Burgess fossils was Whittington pressured to conform to?
8. Why do paleontologists find Opabinia unbelievable and fascinating?
9. What special insight or perspective does the Burgess Shale offer?
10. What is the purpose of Chapter 2: A Background for the Burgess Shale?
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