A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Evelyn Fox Keller
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A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Evelyn Fox Keller
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, A Different Language.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Gerald Horton, as Saint Thomas saw seraphim and Jean Perrin saw atoms, who saw electrons?
(a) Millikan.
(b) Einstein.
(c) Roughe.
(d) McClintock.

2. How does a chemist see chromosomes?
(a) As representing a chemical structure and a genetic code.
(b) As very small rod-shaped bodies possibly present in all cells.
(c) As a property of the organism.
(d) Through a math formula.

3. In what year was the First Oxford Chromosome Conference held?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1958.

4. What discovery was a great boost to cytological analysis in 1933?
(a) The discovery of the giant salivary gland chromosomes in Drosophila.
(b) The discovery of small kernal change chromosomes in maize.
(c) The discovery of giant kernal change chromosomes in maize.
(d) The discovery of the small salivary gland chromosomes in Drosophila.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "For us, neither the chemical code, nor the linkage map of the chromosome, nor the genes embodied in it, are enough"?

2. Chromosomes became shorter and thicker during the first stage of what?

3. What was the name of the cytology professor that gave Barbara private courses on Saturdays?

4. In what year did McClintock complete her graduate work?

5. How many years later was it when Barbara made her second presentation at the Cold Spring Harbor Symposium?

(see the answer key)

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