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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 date was Barbara McClintock born?
(a) June 21, 1908.
(b) June 16, 1902.
(c) June 1, 1901.
(d) June 30, 1903.

2. Who's number of year-round investigators hovered around six and eight?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Cold Spring Harbor.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Cornell.

3. What year did Barbara McClintock graduate from Cornell?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1941.

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

5. The cytology professor that helped Barbara on Saturdays also did what for her?
(a) He was a fellow researcher on a paper.
(b) He helped pay for a new bike for Barbara.
(c) He was her thesis advisor.
(d) He was her priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. The subject of cytogenetics is about the relationship between the chromosomes and what?

2. In what year was the Recent Advances in Cytology published?

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

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

5. What was the first name of Barbara's mother?

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