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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The subject of cytogenetics is about the relationship between the chromosomes and what?
(a) The nuclei.
(b) Transfusion.
(c) The genetic systems.
(d) The chromatids.

4. What was the first name of Barbara's mother?
(a) Rose.
(b) Marie.
(c) Sue.
(d) Sara.

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

6. In what year was Barbara McClintock elected Vice President of the Genetics Society of America?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1931.

7. Ribosomes are the what of protein synthesis?
(a) Workmen.
(b) Wheels.
(c) Garbage cans.
(d) Factories.

8. Who wrote the book, Embryology and Genetics?
(a) C.D. Darlington.
(b) Barbara McClintock.
(c) T.H. Morgan.
(d) L.C. Dunn.

9. In what year was the Sixth European Nucleolar Workshop held?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1975.

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

11. When it became clear to Barbara that she could no longer stay at Missouri, what did she consider as a possible career?
(a) Geology.
(b) Botony.
(c) Geography.
(d) Meteorology.

12. Who described Barbara as having a "green thumb" because everything she did turned into something big?
(a) L.C. Dunn.
(b) Marcus Rhoades.
(c) Lewis Stadler.
(d) Her father, Dr. McClintock.

13. In what year was Barbara McClintock born?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1910.

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

15. In what year was the first woman admitted to Cornell University?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1869.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1881.

Short Answer Questions

1. George Beadle was a young graduate student from where?

2. In Hanson's informal notes concerning Barbara, he claims that she weighed approximately how many pounds?

3. What did Barbara McClintock receive her PhD in?

4. In the fall of what year did Evelyn Keller drive out to Cold Spring Harbor to speak with Barbara McClintock?

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

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