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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the Sixth European Nucleolar Workshop held?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1979.

2. Who was the President of the Carnegie Institution that Demerec urged Barbara to go talk to?
(a) Salvador Luria.
(b) Vannevar Bush.
(c) Charles B. Davenport.
(d) Marcus Rhoades.

3. How many kinds of nuclear division do cells undergo?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

4. In what year did Richard B. Goldschmidt die?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1952.

5. What was the word or words that Barbara used in the book to describe a plant that was part dominant and part recessive?
(a) Combined.
(b) Dual matched.
(c) Variegated.
(d) Transfused.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of work did Barbara's mother do contribute and make money?

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

3. What characteristically induces many chromosome breaks?

4. The cytology professor that helped Barbara on Saturdays also did what for her?

5. What does the term, dissociation mean?

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