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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 is the word that is used to describe the joining of fragments that have broken off a chromosome?
(a) Fuse.
(b) Conjoin.
(c) Genderate.
(d) Anneal.

2. 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) Marcus Rhoades.
(c) George Beadle.
(d) Charles Burnham.

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

4. What discovery was a great boost to cytological analysis in 1933?
(a) The discovery of giant kernal change chromosomes in maize.
(b) The discovery of the small salivary gland chromosomes in Drosophila.
(c) The discovery of small kernal change chromosomes in maize.
(d) The discovery of the giant salivary gland chromosomes in Drosophila.

5. What was the principle object of interest to cytologists?
(a) Chromosomes.
(b) Genes.
(c) Cells.
(d) Neutrons.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Barbara was taking a geology final when she was a Junior in college, what couldn't she remember?

2. What did Barbara McClintock receive her PhD in?

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

4. What does NOR stand for?

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

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