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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. George Beadle was a young graduate student from where?
(a) South Dakota.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Kansas.

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

3. Who was the Vice President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1937?
(a) Harriet Creighton.
(b) George Beadle.
(c) T.H. Morgan.
(d) Ross Harrison.

4. What was the name of T.H. Morgan's single laboratory at Columbia University?
(a) Fly Room.
(b) Fly Guy's Lab.
(c) Fly Lab.
(d) Guy's Room.

5. In A Short History of Genetics, the decade preceding World War II was described as what decade of classical genetics?
(a) The evolving decade.
(b) The discovery decade.
(c) The newborn decade.
(d) The climactic decade.

6. How long did Barbara have the position of assistant professor?
(a) Five years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Three years.

7. What was the name of the book that was published by Morgan, Sturtevant, Muller, and Bridges?
(a) Medelian Mode of Inheritance.
(b) Mendelian Segregation.
(c) The Theory of Mendelian Heredity.
(d) The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity.

8. Chromosomes became shorter and thicker during the first stage of what?
(a) Mitosis.
(b) Metaphase.
(c) Meiosis.
(d) Division prophase.

9. What kind of work did Barbara's mother do contribute and make money?
(a) She gave piano lessons.
(b) She taught cooking classes.
(c) She gave violin lessons.
(d) She taught dance.

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

11. 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) 1939.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1931.

12. Who was considered to be the severest critic in the field of genetics during Barbara's time in the field?
(a) Stephen Jay Gould.
(b) Alfred Sturtevant.
(c) Barbara McClintock.
(d) Richard B. Goldschmidt.

13. In what year was the Recent Advances in Cytology published?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1931.

14. How does an anatomist see chromosomes?
(a) As very small rod-shaped bodies possibly present in all cells.
(b) As representing a chemical structure and a genetic code.
(c) As a property of the organism.
(d) Through a math formula.

15. To what position was Barbara McClintock elected in 1945?
(a) Vice President of the National Academy of Science.
(b) Secretary of the Genetics Society.
(c) President of the Genetics Society.
(d) Treasurer of the National Academy of Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ribosomes are the what of protein synthesis?

2. How does a chemist see chromosomes?

3. In what year was Barbara McClintock elected Vice President of the Genetics Society of America?

4. At what age did Barbara ask for a set of tools?

5. Who was the co-author with McClintock on the paper that provided conclusive evidence for the chromosomal basis of genetics?

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