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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. When Barbara was taking a geology final when she was a Junior in college, what couldn't she remember?
(a) Her name.
(b) Her teacher's name.
(c) The name of the class.
(d) The room number the class was in.

2. Who said of Barbara that "she was able to convey it to someone who was completely outside the field. She was able to make it real?"
(a) Marcus Rhoades.
(b) Stanley Stephens.
(c) George Beadle.
(d) Evelyn Witkin.

3. What is the word that is used to describe the joining of fragments that have broken off a chromosome?
(a) Fuse.
(b) Genderate.
(c) Anneal.
(d) Conjoin.

4. Who was the co-author with McClintock on the paper that provided conclusive evidence for the chromosomal basis of genetics?
(a) Harriet Creighton.
(b) George Beadle.
(c) Rollins Emerson.
(d) Marcus Rhoades.

5. Among plants in the first crop, there were patterns of variegation so unusual they "could not fail to catch the eye". What was so unusual about these kernels?
(a) They should have all been the same color, but there were four different colors present.
(b) They should have been all uniform shape, but there were some that were much larger than expected.
(c) They should have been yellow, but they were brown.
(d) They should have been colorless, but there were spots of color.

Short Answer Questions

1. An experimental breeder can tell what a chromosomes is like from doing what?

2. What was the name of the science that was born in T. H. Morgan's lab?

3. How many papers did McClintock publish between the years of 1929 and 1931?

4. Lew Stadler had been on the faculty at the University of Missouri in Columbia since what year?

5. What high school did Barbara attend?

(see the answer key)

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