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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. How many papers did McClintock publish between the years of 1929 and 1931?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Nine.

2. What was the name of Edward Tatum and George Beadle's hypothesis?
(a) "Two genes-one enzyme".
(b) "Two genes-two enzymes".
(c) "One gene-one enzyme".
(d) "One gene-two enzymes".

3. 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 Cornell yearbook.
(d) The Cold Spring Harbor yearbook.

4. In what year did McClintock complete her graduate work?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1927.

5. Who wrote A Short History of Genetics?
(a) Barbara McClintock.
(b) Hugh Gavlin.
(c) Lewis Stadler.
(d) L.C. Dunn.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many kinds of nuclear division do cells undergo?

2. Where are chromosomes found?

3. Who was quoted as saying, "By God, that woman is either crazy or a genius."?

4. 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?

5. One of the few people that was interested in what Barbara had to say was Lotte Auerbach who was an animal geneticist from where?

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