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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. When Barbara's father made an unofficial visit Frank Hanson concerning his daughter, he was currently working for what company as an industrial surgeon?
(a) Consolidated Iron Mines.
(b) World Oil.
(c) Rockefeller Group.
(d) Standard Oil.

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

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

4. What was the word or words that Barbara used in the book to describe a plant that was part dominant and part recessive?
(a) Transfused.
(b) Dual matched.
(c) Variegated.
(d) Combined.

5. What is the usual process by which cells duplicate themselves?
(a) Meiosis.
(b) Metaphase.
(c) Mitosis.
(d) Division prophase.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Barbara was taking a geology final when she was a Junior in college, what couldn't she remember?

2. What high school did Barbara attend?

3. What was the name of the cytology professor that gave Barbara private courses on Saturdays?

4. What did Stadler and McClintock share a keen interest in concerning maize?

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

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