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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 the summer of 1931, an invitation from Lewis Stadler brought Barbara where?
(a) The University of Missouri.
(b) Webster University.
(c) The University of Central Missouri.
(d) Missouri State University.

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

3. What profession did Barbara's father have?
(a) He was a horse trainer.
(b) He was a doctor.
(c) He was a dentist.
(d) He was a fisherman.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How often did fruit flies give geneticists a new generation to study?

2. Barbara McClintock worked in Cold Spring Harbor since what year?

3. What was the name of T.H. Morgan's single laboratory at Columbia University?

4. What instrument did Barbara play in a jazz improvisation group?

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

(see the answer key)

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