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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. After what length of time did Demerec propose to make Barbara's position permanent at Cold Springs Harbor?
(a) Ten days.
(b) Two months.
(c) A week.
(d) A year.

2. What year did Barbara McClintock graduate from Cornell?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1941.

3. What was the principle object of interest to cytologists?
(a) Neutrons.
(b) Genes.
(c) Cells.
(d) Chromosomes.

4. What was the first name of Barbara's mother?
(a) Marie.
(b) Rose.
(c) Sue.
(d) Sara.

5. What was the name of the cytology professor that gave Barbara private courses on Saturdays?
(a) Rollins Emerson.
(b) Marcus Rhoades.
(c) Lester Sharp.
(d) Thomas Belling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the French intellectual who was mentioned in Chapter 11 that broke with the Communist Party in 1945?

2. Who asked Barbara how she could have worked "for two years without knowing what was going to come out?"

3. In what month did a letter arrive from Barbara's old friend, George Beadle, suggesting she come to Stanford for a visit?

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

5. What were the names of the flies that were used in studying genetics?

(see the answer key)

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