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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 first chromosomes visible as?
(a) Large square-like shapes.
(b) Small circular shapes.
(c) Long slender threads.
(d) Short fat chunks.

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

3. In what year was the first woman admitted to Cornell University?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1881.

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

5. In what year was Barbara McClintock elected Vice President of the Genetics Society of America?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1931.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the book that was published by Morgan, Sturtevant, Muller, and Bridges?

2. George Beadle was a young graduate student from where?

3. Both of the grandparents on Barbara's mother side could be traced back to what?

4. What kind of work did Barbara's mother do contribute and make money?

5. In Chapter 1, it is mentioned that immune systems were studied in what animal?

(see the answer key)

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