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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Neurospora?
(a) A gray mold on fruit.
(b) A green mold on mushrooms.
(c) A orange mold on corn.
(d) A red mold on bread.

2. In A Short History of Genetics, the decade preceding World War II was described as what decade of classical genetics?
(a) The newborn decade.
(b) The evolving decade.
(c) The discovery decade.
(d) The climactic decade.

3. In the mutant seedlings that Barbara had grown, what could be seen that didn't belong?
(a) Rings around the outside husk of the corn.
(b) Discolored kernals that were green.
(c) No growth of kernals in many spots.
(d) Streaks or spots of color.

4. Who said, "For us, neither the chemical code, nor the linkage map of the chromosome, nor the genes embodied in it, are enough"?
(a) C.D. Darlington.
(b) James Stilworth.
(c) L.C. Dunn.
(d) Barbara McClintock.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovered the enormous salivary chromosomes of Drosophila?

2. What did the Dean at the University of Missouri tell Barbara would happen if something happened to Stadler?

3. Who was the President of the Carnegie Institution that Demerec urged Barbara to go talk to?

4. Who was the head of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute when Barbara received the Guggenheim Fellowship?

5. In what year was the Sixth European Nucleolar Workshop held?

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