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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 Chapter 1, it is mentioned that immune systems were studied in what animal?
(a) Mice.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Rats.
(d) Dogs.

2. How old was Barbara when her name was changed to Barbara?
(a) Four months old.
(b) Four years old.
(c) Three years old.
(d) Three months old.

3. In what year was the Recent Advances in Cytology published?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1935.

4. How long did the first conversation between Evelyn Keller and Barbara McClintock last?
(a) Thirty minutes.
(b) Forty-five minutes.
(c) Five hours.
(d) Two hours.

5. Barbara McClintock worked in Cold Spring Harbor since what year?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Barbara McClintock graduate from Cornell?

2. Lew Stadler had been on the faculty at the University of Missouri in Columbia since what year?

3. How does an anatomist see chromosomes?

4. How much was the grant that the Rockefeller Foundation gave to Stadler in the mid-1930's?

5. There was a gap that appeared in Barbara's list of publications. In what year did she not publish anything?

(see the answer key)

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