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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 were the names of the flies that were used in studying genetics?
(a) Diptera.
(b) Anopheles.
(c) Drosophilia.
(d) Musca.

2. What was the name of Edward Tatum and George Beadle's hypothesis?
(a) "Two genes-one enzyme".
(b) "One gene-one enzyme".
(c) "Two genes-two enzymes".
(d) "One gene-two enzymes".

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

4. What did Barbara McClintock receive her PhD in?
(a) Botany.
(b) Genetics.
(c) Zoology.
(d) Cytology.

5. How many chromosomes did corn or maize have?
(a) Three.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Barbara McClintock graduate from Cornell?

2. In what year was Barbara McClintock elected Vice President of the Genetics Society of America?

3. What was the name of the science that was born in T. H. Morgan's lab?

4. In what year did Barbara McClintock receive her Ph.D.?

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

(see the answer key)

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