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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 Milislav Demerec's first moves in his new position as the Director of the Department of Genetics of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, he gave Barbara a position for what length of time?
(a) Five years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

2. In what year did Cornell appoint its first woman assistant professor in something other than home economics?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1952.

3. What was the name of the book that was published by Morgan, Sturtevant, Muller, and Bridges?
(a) The Theory of Mendelian Heredity.
(b) The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity.
(c) Mendelian Segregation.
(d) Medelian Mode of Inheritance.

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

5. In what year was the First Oxford Chromosome Conference held?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1949.

Short Answer Questions

1. Among plants in the first crop, there were patterns of variegation so unusual they "could not fail to catch the eye". What was so unusual about these kernels?

2. Both of the grandparents on Barbara's mother side could be traced back to what?

3. One day, why did Barbara climb the side of a building and let herself in a window?

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

5. What did Barbara's sister, Marjorie, become?

(see the answer key)

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