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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. How did Evelyn Witkin say she learned from Barbara and developed her own understanding from her?
(a) By listening to recordings that Barbara taped to teach others.
(b) By reading Barbara's in depth notes.
(c) By looking over Barbara's shoulder.
(d) By watching Barbara work from across the lab during the late night hours.

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

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

4. 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) Ten years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Five years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first name of Barbara's father?

2. Gerald Holton commented on scientific imagination and it's importance to how many particular scientists?

3. What discovery was a great boost to cytological analysis in 1933?

4. In 1941, how many geneticists did Cold Spring Harbor draw?

5. In what year did Lewis Stadler die?

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