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

2. Who discovered the enormous salivary chromosomes of Drosophila?
(a) T. Painter.
(b) M. Rhoades.
(c) G. Beadle.
(d) J. Lenderberg.

3. In what year did Cornell appoint its first woman assistant professor in something other than home economics?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1939.

4. In the summer of 1931, an invitation from Lewis Stadler brought Barbara where?
(a) Webster University.
(b) The University of Central Missouri.
(c) Missouri State University.
(d) The University of Missouri.

5. In 1942, why had the atmosphere at Cold Spring Harbor become even quieter than normal?
(a) Because they closed their doors for a couple years.
(b) Because they didn't have any openings for new scientists.
(c) Because of the war.
(d) Because no one wanted to work with Barbara.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the Recent Advances in Cytology?

2. What did Barbara think wasn't solvable, but was "merely a symbol"?

3. What is the word that is used to describe the joining of fragments that have broken off a chromosome?

4. What is Neurospora?

5. Who wrote A Short History of Genetics?

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