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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In A Short History of Genetics, the decade preceding World War II was described as what decade of classical genetics?
(a) The discovery decade.
(b) The newborn decade.
(c) The evolving decade.
(d) The climactic decade.

2. Who said, "I've known a lot of famous scientists. But the only one I thought really was a genius was McClintock"?
(a) Rollins Emerson.
(b) Charles Burnham.
(c) Marcus Rhoades.
(d) George Beadle.

3. In 1933, Barbara received a Guggenheim Fellowship to go where?
(a) Germany.
(b) Russia.
(c) China.
(d) Austria.

4. What did Barbara McClintock receive her PhD in?
(a) Cytology.
(b) Botany.
(c) Genetics.
(d) Zoology.

5. What characteristically induces many chromosome breaks?
(a) Nuclear power.
(b) Sonic booms.
(c) Nuclear division.
(d) X Rays.

6. What was the name of the cytology professor that gave Barbara private courses on Saturdays?
(a) Marcus Rhoades.
(b) Thomas Belling.
(c) Lester Sharp.
(d) Rollins Emerson.

7. What did Barbara think wasn't solvable, but was "merely a symbol"?
(a) Maize kernals.
(b) Cells.
(c) Genes.
(d) Chromosomes.

8. What did Barbara's uncle do for a living?
(a) He was a fish dealer.
(b) He was a baker.
(c) He was a farmer.
(d) He was a scientist.

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

10. In 1936, the University of Missouri offered Barbara what kind of position?
(a) Assistant Graduate Professor.
(b) Assistant Professor.
(c) Graduate Work Professor.
(d) Professor.

11. In the summer of 1931, an invitation from Lewis Stadler brought Barbara where?
(a) The University of Central Missouri.
(b) Webster University.
(c) Missouri State University.
(d) The University of Missouri.

12. Many mutations that were happening in the maize had never been seen before, and some of these involved gross changes in what?
(a) The nucleolus in the cells of the corn.
(b) The productivity of the corn itself.
(c) The arrangement of the chromosomes.
(d) The generation length.

13. Who was the head of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute when Barbara received the Guggenheim Fellowship?
(a) Marcus Rhoades.
(b) Lewis Stadler.
(c) Curt Stern.
(d) Richard B. Goldschmidt.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Barbara McClintock elected Vice President of the Genetics Society of America?

2. Who discovered the enormous salivary chromosomes of Drosophila?

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

4. What is the word that is used to describe the joining of fragments that have broken off a chromosome?

5. In what year did Richard B. Goldschmidt die?

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