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

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

Evelyn Fox Keller
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, A Career for Women.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1944, a paper was published demonstrating that what provided the material basis for inheritance?
(a) Maize studies.
(b) DNA.
(c) Chromosomes.
(d) Fruit flies.

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

3. How often did fruit flies give geneticists a new generation to study?
(a) Every 5 days.
(b) Every 20 days.
(c) Every 15 days.
(d) Every 10 days.

4. Who discovered the enormous salivary chromosomes of Drosophila?
(a) T. Painter.
(b) G. Beadle.
(c) J. Lenderberg.
(d) M. Rhoades.

5. What were the names of the flies that were used in studying genetics?
(a) Musca.
(b) Drosophilia.
(c) Diptera.
(d) Anopheles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "I've known a lot of famous scientists. But the only one I thought really was a genius was McClintock"?

2. When Barbara's father made an unofficial visit Frank Hanson concerning his daughter, he was currently working for what company as an industrial surgeon?

3. The differences that were studied in fruit flies had to do with their eye color and what else?

4. What are considered to be the mainstay of genetic research?

5. In what year was the term "genetics" coined?

(see the answer key)

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