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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Interlude: A Sketch of the Terrain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The cytology professor that helped Barbara on Saturdays also did what for her?
(a) He helped pay for a new bike for Barbara.
(b) He was her priest.
(c) He was a fellow researcher on a paper.
(d) He was her thesis advisor.

2. How long did Barbara have the position of assistant professor?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Seven years.

3. Lew Stadler had been on the faculty at the University of Missouri in Columbia since what year?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1907.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was the Recent Advances in Cytology published?

3. Who wrote A Short History of Genetics?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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