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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Barbara's father made an unofficial visit Frank Hanson concerning his daughter, he was currently working for what company as an industrial surgeon?
(a) Rockefeller Group.
(b) World Oil.
(c) Standard Oil.
(d) Consolidated Iron Mines.

2. In what year did McClintock complete her graduate work?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1927.

3. Who said of Barbara that "she was able to convey it to someone who was completely outside the field. She was able to make it real?"
(a) Evelyn Witkin.
(b) Marcus Rhoades.
(c) Stanley Stephens.
(d) George Beadle.

4. In Chapter 7, Esther Parker had bought a farm that was located how many miles north of Ithaca?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Forty-five.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Twenty-five.

5. Who said, "She is sore at the world because of her conviction that she would have a much freer scientific opportunity if she were a man"?
(a) Harriet Creighton.
(b) Marcus Rhoades.
(c) Warren Weaver.
(d) T.H. Morgan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who described Barbara as having a "green thumb" because everything she did turned into something big?

2. Who's number of year-round investigators hovered around six and eight?

3. Ribosomes are the what of protein synthesis?

4. Who said, "For us, neither the chemical code, nor the linkage map of the chromosome, nor the genes embodied in it, are enough"?

5. In 1942, why had the atmosphere at Cold Spring Harbor become even quieter than normal?

(see the answer key)

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