Why has the kingdom protista been abandoned? see concept 28.1 (page 592) view available hint(s) why has the kingdom protista been abandoned? see concept 28.1 (page 592) some protists are multicellular. the kingdom protista is not monophyletic. some protists are more closely related to plants, animals, or fungi than they are to other protists. some protists are as small as prokaryotes. the second and third answers are correct. submit?