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

2. What did Barbara's sister, Marjorie, become?
(a) A professional harpist.
(b) A rodeo queen.
(c) A banker.
(d) A school teacher.

3. While at the University of Missouri, Barbara was given little encouragement and even another woman was promoted to the rank of associate professor of zoology. What was the woman's name?
(a) Harriet Creighton.
(b) Mary Jane Guthrie.
(c) Mary Jane Creighton.
(d) Harriet Guthrie.

4. What did the Dean at the University of Missouri tell Barbara would happen if something happened to Stadler?
(a) That they would have to fire her.
(b) That they would promote her to Stadler's job.
(c) That Stadler would try to get her to leave.
(d) That she could take the Dean's place after he retired.

5. What did Cornell geneticists study instead of fruit flies?
(a) Mosquitoes.
(b) Mice.
(c) Maize.
(d) Caterpillars.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. An experimental breeder can tell what a chromosomes is like from doing what?

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

4. What instrument did Barbara play in a jazz improvisation group?

5. Who was the co-author with McClintock on the paper that provided conclusive evidence for the chromosomal basis of genetics?

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