1. What did Stadler and McClintock share a keen interest in concerning maize?
(a) Its genetic composition.
(b) Its ease of study.
(c) The length of its chromosomes.
(d) The length of its generations.

2. What was Demerec summing up by the words, "Ten years ago they were visualized as fixed units with precise boundaries?"
(a) Scientists.
(b) Genes.
(c) Cells.
(d) Chromosomes.

3. Why did Barbara feel bad every time she walked on grass?
(a) Because she knew the grass was screaming at her.
(b) Because she didn't want to get her shoes dirty.
(c) Because she knew the grass would die.
(d) Because she knew what sidewalks were for.

4. When McClintock speaks about having no chance of being promoted she states that she was excluded from what?
(a) Decisions about the department.
(b) Weekend get-togethers.
(c) Faculty meetings.
(d) Class time with other professors.

5. One of the few people that was interested in what Barbara had to say was Lotte Auerbach who was an animal geneticist from where?
(a) Cornell.
(b) Cold Spring Harbor.
(c) The University of Edinburgh.
(d) Yale.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the model that Monod and Jacob proposed, they stated that protein synthesis is not regulated by just the structural gene but by how many other genes?

2. In Chapter 10, who did Stadler quote to support one of his arguments?

3. In what year was Barbara McClintock born?

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

5. When it became clear to Barbara that she could no longer stay at Missouri, what did she consider as a possible career?

(see the answer key)

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