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

2. Many mutations that were happening in the maize had never been seen before, and some of these involved gross changes in what?
(a) The arrangement of the chromosomes.
(b) The generation length.
(c) The nucleolus in the cells of the corn.
(d) The productivity of the corn itself.

3. In what month did a letter arrive from Barbara's old friend, George Beadle, suggesting she come to Stanford for a visit?
(a) January.
(b) October.
(c) March.
(d) July.

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

5. In 1936, the University of Missouri offered Barbara what kind of position?
(a) Professor.
(b) Assistant Graduate Professor.
(c) Assistant Professor.
(d) Graduate Work Professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who presented the second paper in the 1951 symposium?

2. In 1933, Barbara received a Guggenheim Fellowship to go where?

3. To what position was Barbara McClintock elected in 1945?

4. What does the term, dissociation mean?

5. The differences that were studied in fruit flies had to do with their eye color and what else?

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