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

2. What was the term that McClintock phrased that meant a capacity to change positions?
(a) Permutation.
(b) Correspondence.
(c) Transposition.
(d) Transferration.

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

4. What does Evelyn Keller state is the best word to describe Barbara McClintock's stance on life?
(a) Seclusion.
(b) Autonomy.
(c) Alone.
(d) Completed.

5. What high school did Barbara attend?
(a) Maxwell High School.
(b) Brooklyn High School.
(c) Erasmus Hall High School.
(d) James Madison High School.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Barbara McClintock born?

2. What was the first name of Barbara's mother?

3. How many chromosomes did corn or maize have?

4. In the fall of what year did Evelyn Keller drive out to Cold Spring Harbor to speak with Barbara McClintock?

5. In what year did McClintock complete her graduate work?

(see the answer key)

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