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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. What position was Barbara McClintock elected to in 1939?
(a) President of the National Research Council Fellowship.
(b) Vice President of the Genetics Society of America.
(c) President of the Genetics Society of America.
(d) Director of the Natural Sciences Division.

2. What discovery was a great boost to cytological analysis in 1933?
(a) The discovery of giant kernal change chromosomes in maize.
(b) The discovery of the giant salivary gland chromosomes in Drosophila.
(c) The discovery of small kernal change chromosomes in maize.
(d) The discovery of the small salivary gland chromosomes in Drosophila.

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

4. In what year was the term "genetics" coined?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1905.

5. Who was considered to be the severest critic in the field of genetics during Barbara's time in the field?
(a) Stephen Jay Gould.
(b) Richard B. Goldschmidt.
(c) Alfred Sturtevant.
(d) Barbara McClintock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Barbara McClintock receive her PhD in?

2. The three major concerns of twentieth-century biology have been and still are what?

3. What is another word for the process of synapsis?

4. One day, why did Barbara climb the side of a building and let herself in a window?

5. In what year did McClintock and her student, Harriet Creighton, publish a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences?

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