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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 kind of work did Barbara's mother do contribute and make money?
(a) She taught cooking classes.
(b) She gave violin lessons.
(c) She gave piano lessons.
(d) She taught dance.

2. Both of the grandparents on Barbara's mother side could be traced back to what?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The Boston Tea Party.
(c) The Mayflower.
(d) The Speedwell.

3. There were elements of the bacterial genome that were discovered that seemed to "jump around". These were called transposons, insertion elements, or what?
(a) Jumping genes.
(b) Leaping genes.
(c) Jumping elements.
(d) Leaping elements.

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

5. Chromosomes became shorter and thicker during the first stage of what?
(a) Meiosis.
(b) Metaphase.
(c) Mitosis.
(d) Division prophase.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Barbara went to visit Stadler in Missouri, she went to look at the corn that they had. Barbara noticed that they were calling the corn what?

2. In what year was the Sixth European Nucleolar Workshop held?

3. What date was Barbara McClintock born?

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

5. In what year was Barbara McClintock elected Vice President of the Genetics Society of America?

(see the answer key)

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