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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 Central Missouri.
(b) Webster University.
(c) Missouri State University.
(d) The University of Missouri.

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

3. How many kinds of nuclear division do cells undergo?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

4. There were elements of the bacterial genome that were discovered that seemed to "jump around". These were called transposons, insertion elements, or what?
(a) Jumping elements.
(b) Jumping genes.
(c) Leaping genes.
(d) Leaping elements.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cornell geneticists study instead of fruit flies?

2. What is the usual process by which cells duplicate themselves?

3. In what year was Barbara McClintock born?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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