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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Molecular Biology.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Milislav Demerec's first moves in his new position as the Director of the Department of Genetics of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, he gave Barbara a position for what length of time?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Five years.

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

3. To what position was Barbara McClintock elected in 1945?
(a) Treasurer of the National Academy of Science.
(b) Vice President of the National Academy of Science.
(c) President of the Genetics Society.
(d) Secretary of the Genetics Society.

4. At what age did Barbara ask for a set of tools?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

5. What high school did Barbara attend?
(a) Erasmus Hall High School.
(b) James Madison High School.
(c) Maxwell High School.
(d) Brooklyn High School.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristically induces many chromosome breaks?

2. There was a gap that appeared in Barbara's list of publications. In what year did she not publish anything?

3. What did Barbara think wasn't solvable, but was "merely a symbol"?

4. What did Barbara's sister, Marjorie, become?

5. When Barbara was unwilling to accept her failure to see the Neurospora chromosomes, she went outside to sit and meditate under what type of tree?

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