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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. In the fall of what year did Evelyn Keller drive out to Cold Spring Harbor to speak with Barbara McClintock?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1978.

2. What is another word for the process of synapsis?
(a) Metaphase.
(b) Conjugation.
(c) Duplication.
(d) Transfusion.

3. How often did fruit flies give geneticists a new generation to study?
(a) Every 20 days.
(b) Every 5 days.
(c) Every 10 days.
(d) Every 15 days.

4. Who described Barbara as having a "green thumb" because everything she did turned into something big?
(a) Her father, Dr. McClintock.
(b) Lewis Stadler.
(c) L.C. Dunn.
(d) Marcus Rhoades.

5. A problem that had caught Barbara's fancy was a small body on the end of what chromosome?
(a) Chromosome 3.
(b) Chromosome 6.
(c) Chromosome 2.
(d) Chromosome 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chromosomes became shorter and thicker during the first stage of what?

2. Who was the co-author with McClintock on the paper that provided conclusive evidence for the chromosomal basis of genetics?

3. In what year was the first woman admitted to Cornell University?

4. Who was the head of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute when Barbara received the Guggenheim Fellowship?

5. In Hanson's informal notes concerning Barbara, he claims that she weighed approximately how many pounds?

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