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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Transposition.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the National Academy of Sciences elected Barbara McClintock as a member, how many other women before her had held that particular honor?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) None.

2. A problem that had caught Barbara's fancy was a small body on the end of what chromosome?
(a) Chromosome 6.
(b) Chromosome 9.
(c) Chromosome 3.
(d) Chromosome 2.

3. How many chromosomes did corn or maize have?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

4. What is another word for the process of synapsis?
(a) Transfusion.
(b) Duplication.
(c) Conjugation.
(d) Metaphase.

5. Who was the co-author with McClintock on the paper that provided conclusive evidence for the chromosomal basis of genetics?
(a) Marcus Rhoades.
(b) Harriet Creighton.
(c) Rollins Emerson.
(d) George Beadle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who described Barbara as having a "green thumb" because everything she did turned into something big?

2. When Barbara went to visit Stadler in Missouri, she went to look at the corn that they had. Barbara noticed that they were calling the corn what?

3. How many kinds of nuclear division do cells undergo?

4. Who said, "She is sore at the world because of her conviction that she would have a much freer scientific opportunity if she were a man"?

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

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