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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, A Different Language.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the first chromosomes visible as?
(a) Small circular shapes.
(b) Long slender threads.
(c) Large square-like shapes.
(d) Short fat chunks.

2. What is another word for the process of synapsis?
(a) Conjugation.
(b) Duplication.
(c) Transfusion.
(d) Metaphase.

3. How many kinds of nuclear division do cells undergo?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

4. Who wrote the Recent Advances in Cytology?
(a) Ross Harrison.
(b) L.C. Dunn.
(c) C.D. Darlington.
(d) Barbara McClintock.

5. Where are chromosomes found?
(a) In a cell's nucleous.
(b) In a cell's spindle.
(c) On a cell's centrosome.
(d) In a cell's nucleolus.

Short Answer Questions

1. In A Short History of Genetics, the decade preceding World War II was described as what decade of classical genetics?

2. What did Barbara think wasn't solvable, but was "merely a symbol"?

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

4. Who was considered to be the severest critic in the field of genetics during Barbara's time in the field?

5. How many papers did McClintock publish between the years of 1929 and 1931?

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