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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Becoming a Scientist.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the usual process by which cells duplicate themselves?
(a) Meiosis.
(b) Metaphase.
(c) Mitosis.
(d) Division prophase.

2. What kind of work did Barbara's mother do contribute and make money?
(a) She taught dance.
(b) She taught cooking classes.
(c) She gave piano lessons.
(d) She gave violin lessons.

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

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

5. Where are chromosomes found?
(a) In a cell's nucleous.
(b) In a cell's spindle.
(c) In a cell's nucleolus.
(d) On a cell's centrosome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Barbara McClintock receive her PhD in?

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

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

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

5. What were the first chromosomes visible as?

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