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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. Who said, "I've known a lot of famous scientists. But the only one I thought really was a genius was McClintock"?
(a) Charles Burnham.
(b) Marcus Rhoades.
(c) George Beadle.
(d) Rollins Emerson.

2. What did Barbara think wasn't solvable, but was "merely a symbol"?
(a) Cells.
(b) Chromosomes.
(c) Maize kernals.
(d) Genes.

3. Who said, "For us, neither the chemical code, nor the linkage map of the chromosome, nor the genes embodied in it, are enough"?
(a) C.D. Darlington.
(b) James Stilworth.
(c) Barbara McClintock.
(d) L.C. Dunn.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many chromosomes did corn or maize have?

2. Evelyn Keller likens different "languages" in science from an example of Freeman Dyson, who was an "interpreter" for who?

3. What is another word for the process of synapsis?

4. Who was the Vice President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1937?

5. In what year did Richard B. Goldschmidt die?

(see the answer key)

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