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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. One of the few people that was interested in what Barbara had to say was Lotte Auerbach who was an animal geneticist from where?
(a) The University of Edinburgh.
(b) Cornell.
(c) Yale.
(d) Cold Spring Harbor.

2. In what year did Richard B. Goldschmidt die?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1958.

3. In A Short History of Genetics, the decade preceding World War II was described as what decade of classical genetics?
(a) The newborn decade.
(b) The discovery decade.
(c) The climactic decade.
(d) The evolving decade.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What were the first chromosomes visible as?

4. In what year was the First Oxford Chromosome Conference held?

5. How did Evelyn Witkin say she learned from Barbara and developed her own understanding from her?

(see the answer key)

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