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

2. To what position was Barbara McClintock elected in 1945?
(a) Secretary of the Genetics Society.
(b) President of the Genetics Society.
(c) Vice President of the National Academy of Science.
(d) Treasurer of the National Academy of Science.

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

4. The differences that were studied in fruit flies had to do with their eye color and what else?
(a) Wing color.
(b) Eye shape.
(c) Wing shape.
(d) Leg thickness.

5. What does Evelyn Keller state is the best word to describe Barbara McClintock's stance on life?
(a) Alone.
(b) Seclusion.
(c) Completed.
(d) Autonomy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Barbara McClintock born?

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

3. The subject of cytogenetics is about the relationship between the chromosomes and what?

4. What was the term that McClintock phrased that meant a capacity to change positions?

5. How many papers did McClintock publish between the years of 1929 and 1931?

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