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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, 1936-1941: University of Missouri.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ribosomes are the what of protein synthesis?
(a) Workmen.
(b) Wheels.
(c) Garbage cans.
(d) Factories.

2. What did Barbara's sister, Marjorie, become?
(a) A school teacher.
(b) A rodeo queen.
(c) A banker.
(d) A professional harpist.

3. What did Barbara McClintock receive her PhD in?
(a) Botany.
(b) Genetics.
(c) Zoology.
(d) Cytology.

4. What was the name of the science that was born in T. H. Morgan's lab?
(a) Mycogenetics
(b) Botony.
(c) Cytogenetics.
(d) Radiation genetics.

5. In what year did Cornell appoint its first woman assistant professor in something other than home economics?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1952.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "I've known a lot of famous scientists. But the only one I thought really was a genius was McClintock"?

2. Both of the grandparents on Barbara's mother side could be traced back to what?

3. Where did Harriet Creighton take a teaching job in 1934?

4. In what year was the first woman admitted to Cornell University?

5. What were the names of the flies that were used in studying genetics?

(see the answer key)

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