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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, 1936-1941: University of Missouri.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Dean of Liberal Arts at Missouri in 1940?
(a) Barbara McClintock.
(b) Lewis Stadler.
(c) W.C. Curtis.
(d) Frank Hanson.

3. In the summer of 1931, an invitation from Lewis Stadler brought Barbara where?
(a) The University of Central Missouri.
(b) The University of Missouri.
(c) Webster University.
(d) Missouri State University.

4. What did Stadler and McClintock share a keen interest in concerning maize?
(a) The length of its chromosomes.
(b) Its ease of study.
(c) Its genetic composition.
(d) The length of its generations.

5. At what age did Barbara ask for a set of tools?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristically induces many chromosome breaks?

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. What was the first name of Barbara's mother?

4. When it became clear to Barbara that she could no longer stay at Missouri, what did she consider as a possible career?

5. Who said, "She is sore at the world because of her conviction that she would have a much freer scientific opportunity if she were a man"?

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