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

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

Evelyn Fox Keller
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Interlude: A Sketch of the Terrain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "She is sore at the world because of her conviction that she would have a much freer scientific opportunity if she were a man"?
(a) Warren Weaver.
(b) Marcus Rhoades.
(c) T.H. Morgan.
(d) Harriet Creighton.

2. What was the name of the cytology professor that gave Barbara private courses on Saturdays?
(a) Lester Sharp.
(b) Marcus Rhoades.
(c) Rollins Emerson.
(d) Thomas Belling.

3. The differences that were studied in fruit flies had to do with their eye color and what else?
(a) Wing shape.
(b) Leg thickness.
(c) Wing color.
(d) Eye shape.

4. In what year was the Recent Advances in Cytology published?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1940.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The three major concerns of twentieth-century biology have been and still are what?

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

3. The cytology professor that helped Barbara on Saturdays also did what for her?

4. In Chapter 1, it is mentioned that immune systems were studied in what animal?

5. In the fall of what year did Evelyn Keller drive out to Cold Spring Harbor to speak with Barbara McClintock?

(see the answer key)

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