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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many papers did McClintock publish between the years of 1929 and 1931?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Nine.

2. What year was it that Barbara requested a leave of absence without pay and left Missouri?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1941.

3. In what year did Evelyn Witkin come to Cold Spring Harbor?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1951.

4. To what position was Barbara McClintock elected in 1945?
(a) President of the Genetics Society.
(b) Treasurer of the National Academy of Science.
(c) Vice President of the National Academy of Science.
(d) Secretary of the Genetics Society.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the Recent Advances in Cytology?

2. Where did Harriet Creighton take a teaching job in 1934?

3. Who was the co-author with McClintock on the paper that provided conclusive evidence for the chromosomal basis of genetics?

4. 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?

5. Who did Barbara write to to arrange an invitation to Cold Springs Harbor?

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