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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. In Chapter 1, it is mentioned that immune systems were studied in what animal?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Rats.
(c) Mice.
(d) Rabbits.
2. To what position was Barbara McClintock elected in 1945?
(a) Treasurer of the National Academy of Science.
(b) Secretary of the Genetics Society.
(c) Vice President of the National Academy of Science.
(d) President of the Genetics Society.
3. What was the term that McClintock phrased that meant a capacity to change positions?
(a) Transferration.
(b) Permutation.
(c) Transposition.
(d) Correspondence.
4. What was the word or words that Barbara used in the book to describe a plant that was part dominant and part recessive?
(a) Transfused.
(b) Combined.
(c) Variegated.
(d) Dual matched.
5. What high school did Barbara attend?
(a) James Madison High School.
(b) Erasmus Hall High School.
(c) Brooklyn High School.
(d) Maxwell High School.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the summer of 1931, an invitation from Lewis Stadler brought Barbara where?
2. What was the name of the book that was published by Morgan, Sturtevant, Muller, and Bridges?
3. In what year was Barbara McClintock born?
4. What did Cornell geneticists study instead of fruit flies?
5. There was a gap that appeared in Barbara's list of publications. In what year did she not publish anything?
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