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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. How many kinds of nuclear division do cells undergo?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

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

3. In what year was the term "genetics" coined?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1905.

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

5. In what year did McClintock complete her graduate work?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1930.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who discovered the enormous salivary chromosomes of Drosophila?

4. There were elements of the bacterial genome that were discovered that seemed to "jump around". These were called transposons, insertion elements, or what?

5. What year did Barbara McClintock graduate from Cornell?

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