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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. What instrument did Barbara play in a jazz improvisation group?
(a) Tenor banjo.
(b) Saxaphone.
(c) Bass guitar.
(d) Piano.

2. In Chapter 1, it is mentioned that immune systems were studied in what animal?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Rats.
(d) Mice.

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

4. In 1936, the University of Missouri offered Barbara what kind of position?
(a) Assistant Graduate Professor.
(b) Professor.
(c) Graduate Work Professor.
(d) Assistant Professor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many kinds of nuclear division do cells undergo?

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

3. Barbara McClintock worked in Cold Spring Harbor since what year?

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

5. What date was Barbara McClintock born?

(see the answer key)

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