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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. Evelyn Keller likens different "languages" in science from an example of Freeman Dyson, who was an "interpreter" for who?
(a) Barbara McClintock.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Niels Bohr.
(d) Richard Feynman.

2. Who wrote the book, Embryology and Genetics?
(a) T.H. Morgan.
(b) C.D. Darlington.
(c) Barbara McClintock.
(d) L.C. Dunn.

3. How many chromosomes did corn or maize have?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

4. In what year was the First Oxford Chromosome Conference held?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1952.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote A Short History of Genetics?

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

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

4. Chromosomes became shorter and thicker during the first stage of what?

5. What was the name of Edward Tatum and George Beadle's hypothesis?

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