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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. A problem that had caught Barbara's fancy was a small body on the end of what chromosome?
(a) Chromosome 2.
(b) Chromosome 3.
(c) Chromosome 9.
(d) Chromosome 6.

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

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

4. How many papers did McClintock publish between the years of 1929 and 1931?
(a) Five.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Ten.
(d) Nine.

5. When Barbara's father made an unofficial visit Frank Hanson concerning his daughter, he was currently working for what company as an industrial surgeon?
(a) Standard Oil.
(b) Consolidated Iron Mines.
(c) Rockefeller Group.
(d) World Oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Evelyn Keller state is the best word to describe Barbara McClintock's stance on life?

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

3. How old was Barbara when her name was changed to Barbara?

4. How many kinds of nuclear division do cells undergo?

5. The subject of cytogenetics is about the relationship between the chromosomes and what?

(see the answer key)

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