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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Interlude: A Sketch of the Terrain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The subject of cytogenetics is about the relationship between the chromosomes and what?
(a) The genetic systems.
(b) Transfusion.
(c) The nuclei.
(d) The chromatids.

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

3. In what year was the term "genetics" coined?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1912.

4. What was the name of Edward Tatum and George Beadle's hypothesis?
(a) "One gene-two enzymes".
(b) "Two genes-two enzymes".
(c) "One gene-one enzyme".
(d) "Two genes-one enzyme".

5. In what year was the first woman admitted to Cornell University?
(a) 1881.
(b) 1869.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1893.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are considered to be the mainstay of genetic research?

2. What is the usual process by which cells duplicate themselves?

3. How many papers did McClintock publish between the years of 1929 and 1931?

4. What was the name of the science that was born in T. H. Morgan's lab?

5. What was the name of the book that was published by Morgan, Sturtevant, Muller, and Bridges?

(see the answer key)

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