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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Molecular Biology.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Evelyn Witkin come to Cold Spring Harbor?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1951.

2. At what age did Barbara ask for a set of tools?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

3. Who described Barbara as having a "green thumb" because everything she did turned into something big?
(a) Her father, Dr. McClintock.
(b) Lewis Stadler.
(c) L.C. Dunn.
(d) Marcus Rhoades.

4. Among plants in the first crop, there were patterns of variegation so unusual they "could not fail to catch the eye". What was so unusual about these kernels?
(a) They should have all been the same color, but there were four different colors present.
(b) They should have been all uniform shape, but there were some that were much larger than expected.
(c) They should have been colorless, but there were spots of color.
(d) They should have been yellow, but they were brown.

5. How does an anatomist see chromosomes?
(a) As representing a chemical structure and a genetic code.
(b) Through a math formula.
(c) As a property of the organism.
(d) As very small rod-shaped bodies possibly present in all cells.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Barbara when her name was changed to Barbara?

2. The step-by-step evolution of Barbara's interpretation could be followed from her annual reports she wrote for who?

3. In what year was Barbara McClintock elected Vice President of the Genetics Society of America?

4. What discovery was a great boost to cytological analysis in 1933?

5. Who wrote the Recent Advances in Cytology?

(see the answer key)

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