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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, A Feeling for the Organism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1941, how many geneticists did Cold Spring Harbor draw?
(a) Over eighty.
(b) Over sixty.
(c) Over seventy.
(d) Over ninety.

2. In Chapter 10, who did Stadler quote to support one of his arguments?
(a) The Queen of Hearts.
(b) Humpty Dumpty.
(c) The Mad Hatter.
(d) Alice in Wonderland.

3. Barbara McClintock worked in Cold Spring Harbor since what year?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1931.

4. What does Evelyn Keller state is the best word to describe Barbara McClintock's stance on life?
(a) Alone.
(b) Seclusion.
(c) Completed.
(d) Autonomy.

5. In what year did McClintock and her student, Harriet Creighton, publish a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1925.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession did Barbara's father have?

2. In Milislav Demerec's first moves in his new position as the Director of the Department of Genetics of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, he gave Barbara a position for what length of time?

3. In what year was Barbara McClintock born?

4. What does the term, dissociation mean?

5. In what year did Lewis Stadler die?

(see the answer key)

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