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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) Richard Feynman.
(b) Barbara McClintock.
(c) Niels Bohr.
(d) Albert Einstein.

2. Chromosomes became shorter and thicker during the first stage of what?
(a) Metaphase.
(b) Meiosis.
(c) Division prophase.
(d) Mitosis.

3. In Chapter 9, Evelyn Keller states that both science and art are dependent on what?
(a) Internal visions.
(b) Belief and hope.
(c) Unlikely solutions.
(d) Persistence.

4. George Beadle was a young graduate student from where?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) South Dakota.
(d) Iowa.

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

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

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?

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