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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 what year was the Sixth European Nucleolar Workshop held?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1979.

2. Who was the head of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute when Barbara received the Guggenheim Fellowship?
(a) Curt Stern.
(b) Lewis Stadler.
(c) Marcus Rhoades.
(d) Richard B. Goldschmidt.

3. What was the name of the book that was published by Morgan, Sturtevant, Muller, and Bridges?
(a) Mendelian Segregation.
(b) Medelian Mode of Inheritance.
(c) The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity.
(d) The Theory of Mendelian Heredity.

4. What was the name of the cytology professor that gave Barbara private courses on Saturdays?
(a) Thomas Belling.
(b) Marcus Rhoades.
(c) Lester Sharp.
(d) Rollins Emerson.

5. Barbara McClintock worked in Cold Spring Harbor since what year?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1941.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Barbara McClintock receive her PhD in?

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

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

4. What date was Barbara McClintock born?

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?

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