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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age did Barbara ask for a set of tools?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

2. In Chapter 8, Evelyn Keller talks about scientists that set out to understand a new principle of order. What does she say is one of the first things that the scientists do?
(a) They watch the development of the order and then compare it to other orders.
(b) They make a list of rules that the order should follow.
(c) They identify any possibilites in a different order.
(d) Look for events that disturb that order.

3. In 1944, a paper was published demonstrating that what provided the material basis for inheritance?
(a) Maize studies.
(b) DNA.
(c) Fruit flies.
(d) Chromosomes.

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

5. What did Barbara think wasn't solvable, but was "merely a symbol"?
(a) Genes.
(b) Maize kernals.
(c) Cells.
(d) Chromosomes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1936, the University of Missouri offered Barbara what kind of position?

2. What did Barbara McClintock receive her PhD in?

3. It is mentioned in Chapter 7 that in hindsight, most historians would say that the molecular revolution began at what time?

4. In Chapter 1, it is mentioned that immune systems were studied in what animal?

5. After what length of time did Demerec propose to make Barbara's position permanent at Cold Springs Harbor?

(see the answer key)

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