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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 was the term that McClintock phrased that meant a capacity to change positions?
(a) Transferration.
(b) Permutation.
(c) Transposition.
(d) Correspondence.

2. How many papers did McClintock publish between the years of 1929 and 1931?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Nine.

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

4. In what year was the Sixth European Nucleolar Workshop held?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1973.

5. What part of the corn was considered to be the endosperm tissue?
(a) The silk.
(b) The husk.
(c) The stalk.
(d) The kernel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Barbara's sister, Marjorie, become?

2. How many chromosomes did corn or maize have?

3. In 1933, Barbara received a Guggenheim Fellowship to go where?

4. Many mutations that were happening in the maize had never been seen before, and some of these involved gross changes in what?

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

(see the answer key)

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