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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. After Barbara's efforts were in vain to explain her discoveries she didn't talk except for the annual reports in what?
(a) The CIW yearbook.
(b) The Missouri yearbook.
(c) The Cold Spring Harbor yearbook.
(d) The Cornell yearbook.

2. Who was considered to be the severest critic in the field of genetics during Barbara's time in the field?
(a) Barbara McClintock.
(b) Richard B. Goldschmidt.
(c) Stephen Jay Gould.
(d) Alfred Sturtevant.

3. When Barbara was unwilling to accept her failure to see the Neurospora chromosomes, she went outside to sit and meditate under what type of tree?
(a) Pine.
(b) Eucalyptus.
(c) Weeping Willow.
(d) Elm.

4. What did Barbara McClintock receive her PhD in?
(a) Botany.
(b) Cytology.
(c) Genetics.
(d) Zoology.

5. Who was the Vice President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1937?
(a) Ross Harrison.
(b) George Beadle.
(c) T.H. Morgan.
(d) Harriet Creighton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "I've known a lot of famous scientists. But the only one I thought really was a genius was McClintock"?

2. What was the name of the cytology professor that gave Barbara private courses on Saturdays?

3. George Beadle was a young graduate student from where?

4. The cytology professor that helped Barbara on Saturdays also did what for her?

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

(see the answer key)

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