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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 Barbara's uncle do for a living?
(a) He was a scientist.
(b) He was a fish dealer.
(c) He was a farmer.
(d) He was a baker.

2. What did Barbara think wasn't solvable, but was "merely a symbol"?
(a) Cells.
(b) Genes.
(c) Chromosomes.
(d) Maize kernals.

3. In 1944, a paper was published demonstrating that what provided the material basis for inheritance?
(a) DNA.
(b) Fruit flies.
(c) Maize studies.
(d) Chromosomes.

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

5. The subject of cytogenetics is about the relationship between the chromosomes and what?
(a) Transfusion.
(b) The genetic systems.
(c) The chromatids.
(d) The nuclei.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who's number of year-round investigators hovered around six and eight?

2. When Barbara was taking a geology final when she was a Junior in college, what couldn't she remember?

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

4. When the National Academy of Sciences elected Barbara McClintock as a member, how many other women before her had held that particular honor?

5. The step-by-step evolution of Barbara's interpretation could be followed from her annual reports she wrote for who?

(see the answer key)

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