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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. How much was the grant that the Rockefeller Foundation gave to Stadler in the mid-1930's?
(a) $70,000.
(b) $90,000.
(c) $50,000.
(d) $80,000.

2. What were the names of the flies that were used in studying genetics?
(a) Anopheles.
(b) Drosophilia.
(c) Diptera.
(d) Musca.

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

4. In what year did Cornell appoint its first woman assistant professor in something other than home economics?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1939.

5. What does NOR stand for?
(a) Negative opening region.
(b) Nucleous orange region.
(c) Nucleus order regulator.
(d) Nucleolar organizer region.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Barbara McClintock receive her Ph.D.?

2. Who was Dean of Liberal Arts at Missouri in 1940?

3. Chromosomes became shorter and thicker during the first stage of what?

4. In the summer of 1931, an invitation from Lewis Stadler brought Barbara where?

5. What part of the corn was considered to be the endosperm tissue?

(see the answer key)

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