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

2. What profession did Barbara's father have?
(a) He was a fisherman.
(b) He was a doctor.
(c) He was a dentist.
(d) He was a horse trainer.

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 Theory of Mendelian Heredity.
(d) The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity.

4. What instrument did Barbara play in a jazz improvisation group?
(a) Saxaphone.
(b) Piano.
(c) Bass guitar.
(d) Tenor banjo.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Barbara McClintock worked in Cold Spring Harbor since what year?

3. In what year was the first woman admitted to Cornell University?

4. What was the name of the cytology professor that gave Barbara private courses on Saturdays?

5. At what age did Barbara ask for a set of tools?

(see the answer key)

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