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

2. When Barbara was taking a geology final when she was a Junior in college, what couldn't she remember?
(a) The name of the class.
(b) Her name.
(c) The room number the class was in.
(d) Her teacher's name.

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

4. What is another word for the process of synapsis?
(a) Conjugation.
(b) Metaphase.
(c) Duplication.
(d) Transfusion.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Barbara's uncle do for a living?

3. Who discovered the enormous salivary chromosomes of Drosophila?

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

5. What date was Barbara McClintock born?

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