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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Transposition.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While at the University of Missouri, Barbara was given little encouragement and even another woman was promoted to the rank of associate professor of zoology. What was the woman's name?
(a) Mary Jane Guthrie.
(b) Harriet Guthrie.
(c) Mary Jane Creighton.
(d) Harriet Creighton.

2. Who was the Vice President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1937?
(a) George Beadle.
(b) Harriet Creighton.
(c) Ross Harrison.
(d) T.H. Morgan.

3. One day, why did Barbara climb the side of a building and let herself in a window?
(a) Because she was trying to catch a cat.
(b) Because she had forgot her keys.
(c) Because she wanted to surprise a friend.
(d) Because she was displaying to her students that you can't always follow the norm.

4. Who wrote A Short History of Genetics?
(a) Barbara McClintock.
(b) L.C. Dunn.
(c) Lewis Stadler.
(d) Hugh Gavlin.

5. What profession did Barbara's father have?
(a) He was a dentist.
(b) He was a doctor.
(c) He was a fisherman.
(d) He was a horse trainer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said of Barbara that "she was able to convey it to someone who was completely outside the field. She was able to make it real?"

2. In Chapter 8, Evelyn Keller talks about scientists that set out to understand a new principle of order. What does she say is one of the first things that the scientists do?

3. What year did Barbara McClintock graduate from Cornell?

4. Who was the President of the Carnegie Institution that Demerec urged Barbara to go talk to?

5. Who wrote the book, Embryology and Genetics?

(see the answer key)

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