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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) Leg thickness.
(b) Eye shape.
(c) Wing color.
(d) Wing shape.

2. What high school did Barbara attend?
(a) Maxwell High School.
(b) Brooklyn High School.
(c) James Madison High School.
(d) Erasmus Hall High School.

3. While at the University of Missouri, Barbara was given little encouragement and even another woman was promoted to the rank of associate professor of zoology. What was the woman's name?
(a) Harriet Guthrie.
(b) Mary Jane Guthrie.
(c) Harriet Creighton.
(d) Mary Jane Creighton.

4. What was the name of T.H. Morgan's single laboratory at Columbia University?
(a) Fly Guy's Lab.
(b) Fly Room.
(c) Fly Lab.
(d) Guy's Room.

5. What was the first name of Barbara's mother?
(a) Rose.
(b) Sue.
(c) Sara.
(d) Marie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are chromosomes found?

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

3. The cytology professor that helped Barbara on Saturdays also did what for her?

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

5. What year was it that Barbara requested a leave of absence without pay and left Missouri?

(see the answer key)

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