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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Molecular Biology.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Stadler and McClintock share a keen interest in concerning maize?
(a) Its genetic composition.
(b) The length of its chromosomes.
(c) Its ease of study.
(d) The length of its generations.

2. Who presented the second paper in the 1951 symposium?
(a) Milislav Demerec.
(b) Lewis Stadler.
(c) Richard Goldschmidt.
(d) Barbara McClintock.

3. Who presented the third paper in the 1951 symposium?
(a) Milislav Demerec.
(b) Barbara McClintock.
(c) Lewis Stadler.
(d) Richard Goldschmidt.

4. In what year was Barbara McClintock elected Vice President of the Genetics Society of America?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1931.

5. What were the first chromosomes visible as?
(a) Long slender threads.
(b) Short fat chunks.
(c) Large square-like shapes.
(d) Small circular shapes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the summer of 1931, an invitation from Lewis Stadler brought Barbara where?

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

3. How many parts are in the process of transposition?

4. When Barbara was unwilling to accept her failure to see the Neurospora chromosomes, she went outside to sit and meditate under what type of tree?

5. Who was quoted in the book as saying, "You let the material tell you where to go, and it tells you at every step what the next has to be?"

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