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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 1933, Barbara received a Guggenheim Fellowship to go where?
(a) China.
(b) Russia.
(c) Austria.
(d) Germany.

2. In what year did Cornell appoint its first woman assistant professor in something other than home economics?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1952.

3. The cytology professor that helped Barbara on Saturdays also did what for her?
(a) He helped pay for a new bike for Barbara.
(b) He was her thesis advisor.
(c) He was her priest.
(d) He was a fellow researcher on a paper.

4. How old was Barbara when her name was changed to Barbara?
(a) Three years old.
(b) Three months old.
(c) Four months old.
(d) Four years old.

5. What was the name of the science that was born in T. H. Morgan's lab?
(a) Radiation genetics.
(b) Botony.
(c) Cytogenetics.
(d) Mycogenetics

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the word that is used to describe the joining of fragments that have broken off a chromosome?

2. What date was Barbara McClintock born?

3. What was the name of Edward Tatum and George Beadle's hypothesis?

4. What high school did Barbara attend?

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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