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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Transposition.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Ribosomes are the what of protein synthesis?
(a) Wheels.
(b) Workmen.
(c) Factories.
(d) Garbage cans.

4. In 1936, the University of Missouri offered Barbara what kind of position?
(a) Assistant Graduate Professor.
(b) Assistant Professor.
(c) Professor.
(d) Graduate Work Professor.

5. When McClintock speaks about having no chance of being promoted she states that she was excluded from what?
(a) Class time with other professors.
(b) Faculty meetings.
(c) Weekend get-togethers.
(d) Decisions about the department.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Barbara McClintock receive her Ph.D.?

2. George Beadle was a young graduate student from where?

3. In what year was the Sixth European Nucleolar Workshop held?

4. What is Neurospora?

5. In 1941, how many geneticists did Cold Spring Harbor draw?

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