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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Cold Spring Harbor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first name of Barbara's mother?
(a) Sue.
(b) Rose.
(c) Sara.
(d) Marie.

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

3. When Barbara was taking a geology final when she was a Junior in college, what couldn't she remember?
(a) Her teacher's name.
(b) The name of the class.
(c) Her name.
(d) The room number the class was in.

4. How does an anatomist see chromosomes?
(a) Through a math formula.
(b) As a property of the organism.
(c) As very small rod-shaped bodies possibly present in all cells.
(d) As representing a chemical structure and a genetic code.

5. What was the word or words that Barbara used in the book to describe a plant that was part dominant and part recessive?
(a) Combined.
(b) Dual matched.
(c) Transfused.
(d) Variegated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the President of the Carnegie Institution that Demerec urged Barbara to go talk to?

2. In what year was the first woman admitted to Cornell University?

3. What is the usual process by which cells duplicate themselves?

4. What did Barbara McClintock receive her PhD in?

5. In what year did McClintock complete her graduate work?

(see the answer key)

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