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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. In 1942, why had the atmosphere at Cold Spring Harbor become even quieter than normal?
(a) Because they didn't have any openings for new scientists.
(b) Because of the war.
(c) Because they closed their doors for a couple years.
(d) Because no one wanted to work with Barbara.

2. In what year did McClintock complete her graduate work?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1927.

3. When the National Academy of Sciences elected Barbara McClintock as a member, how many other women before her had held that particular honor?
(a) None.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

4. Gerald Holton commented on scientific imagination and it's importance to how many particular scientists?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

5. An experimental breeder can tell what a chromosomes is like from doing what?
(a) Seeing diagrams of the particular chromosome.
(b) Peering at it through a microscope.
(c) Looking at the genetic code.
(d) Looking at the whole organism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was the grant that the Rockefeller Foundation gave to Stadler in the mid-1930's?

2. What did Cornell geneticists study instead of fruit flies?

3. There were elements of the bacterial genome that were discovered that seemed to "jump around". These were called transposons, insertion elements, or what?

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. What was the name of T.H. Morgan's single laboratory at Columbia University?

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