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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 wrote the Recent Advances in Cytology?
(a) Barbara McClintock.
(b) L.C. Dunn.
(c) Ross Harrison.
(d) C.D. Darlington.

2. What is the word that describes a chromosome that has two centromeres?
(a) Dichromosomic.
(b) Dicentromeric.
(c) Dicentric.
(d) Digenetic.

3. In Chapter 1, it is mentioned that immune systems were studied in what animal?
(a) Mice.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Rats.

4. In what year was the Sixth European Nucleolar Workshop held?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1971.

5. When Barbara went to visit Stadler in Missouri, she went to look at the corn that they had. Barbara noticed that they were calling the corn what?
(a) Barbara plants.
(b) Transfusion treat.
(c) Ring chromosome plants.
(d) McClintock corn.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Barbara McClintock receive her Ph.D.?

2. What profession did Barbara's father have?

3. What was the name of the book that was published by Morgan, Sturtevant, Muller, and Bridges?

4. Who wrote A Short History of Genetics?

5. What were the first chromosomes visible as?

(see the answer key)

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