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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. Who said, "For us, neither the chemical code, nor the linkage map of the chromosome, nor the genes embodied in it, are enough"?
(a) Barbara McClintock.
(b) L.C. Dunn.
(c) C.D. Darlington.
(d) James Stilworth.

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

3. In what year was the First Oxford Chromosome Conference held?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1964.

4. Who said, "I've known a lot of famous scientists. But the only one I thought really was a genius was McClintock"?
(a) Rollins Emerson.
(b) George Beadle.
(c) Marcus Rhoades.
(d) Charles Burnham.

5. Who wrote the book, Embryology and Genetics?
(a) L.C. Dunn.
(b) T.H. Morgan.
(c) C.D. Darlington.
(d) Barbara McClintock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Barbara write to to arrange an invitation to Cold Springs Harbor?

2. In what year did Richard B. Goldschmidt die?

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

4. At what age did Barbara ask for a set of tools?

5. How long did the first conversation between Evelyn Keller and Barbara McClintock last?

(see the answer key)

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