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

2. Both of the grandparents on Barbara's mother side could be traced back to what?
(a) The Speedwell.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) The Boston Tea Party.
(d) The Mayflower.

3. Where did Harriet Creighton take a teaching job in 1934?
(a) Yale.
(b) Cornell.
(c) University of Missouri.
(d) Connecticut College for Women.

4. What did Barbara think wasn't solvable, but was "merely a symbol"?
(a) Maize kernals.
(b) Chromosomes.
(c) Cells.
(d) Genes.

5. Who was the Vice President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1937?
(a) George Beadle.
(b) T.H. Morgan.
(c) Harriet Creighton.
(d) Ross Harrison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the Recent Advances in Cytology?

2. In 1942, why had the atmosphere at Cold Spring Harbor become even quieter than normal?

3. In 1933, Barbara received a Guggenheim Fellowship to go where?

4. When Barbara's father made an unofficial visit Frank Hanson concerning his daughter, he was currently working for what company as an industrial surgeon?

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

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