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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 Barbara's efforts were in vain to explain her discoveries she didn't talk except for the annual reports in what?
(a) The Cornell yearbook.
(b) The Missouri yearbook.
(c) The Cold Spring Harbor yearbook.
(d) The CIW yearbook.

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

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

4. In Chapter 7, Esther Parker had bought a farm that was located how many miles north of Ithaca?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Forty-five.
(d) Twenty-five.

5. What does the term, dissociation mean?
(a) Combining into larger masses.
(b) Complete disappearance of a part.
(c) Controlled breakage.
(d) The processing of materials into a different material.

Short Answer Questions

1. What date was Barbara McClintock born?

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

3. In 1941, how many geneticists did Cold Spring Harbor draw?

4. What discovery was a great boost to cytological analysis in 1933?

5. How many winters did Barbara spend in Central and South America?

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