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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. What was the name of T.H. Morgan's single laboratory at Columbia University?
(a) Guy's Room.
(b) Fly Guy's Lab.
(c) Fly Room.
(d) Fly Lab.

2. Max Delbruck first came to the United States from what country?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Germany.
(c) China.
(d) Sweden.

3. How long did it take for Barbara to get from her first clues to her final interpretation dealing with transposition?
(a) Two years.
(b) Twelve years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Six years.

4. In the fall of what year did Evelyn Keller drive out to Cold Spring Harbor to speak with Barbara McClintock?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1973.

5. In what year did Lewis Stadler die?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1954.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Barbara ask for a set of tools?

2. In what year did Barbara McClintock receive her Ph.D.?

3. In Drosophila a bacterium divide in two every how many minutes?

4. Who discovered the enormous salivary chromosomes of Drosophila?

5. In Chapter 9, Evelyn Keller states that both science and art are dependent on what?

(see the answer key)

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