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

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

3. In what year did McClintock and her student, Harriet Creighton, publish a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1931.

4. In what year was the first woman admitted to Cornell University?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1881.

5. Who said, "I've known a lot of famous scientists. But the only one I thought really was a genius was McClintock"?
(a) Rollins Emerson.
(b) Marcus Rhoades.
(c) Charles Burnham.
(d) George Beadle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the term that McClintock phrased that meant a capacity to change positions?

2. What was the name of the science that was born in T. H. Morgan's lab?

3. How many chromosomes did corn or maize have?

4. In what year did McClintock complete her graduate work?

5. When Barbara was taking a geology final when she was a Junior in college, what couldn't she remember?

(see the answer key)

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