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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are chromosomes found?
(a) On a cell's centrosome.
(b) In a cell's nucleous.
(c) In a cell's spindle.
(d) In a cell's nucleolus.

2. What were the names of the flies that were used in studying genetics?
(a) Anopheles.
(b) Diptera.
(c) Musca.
(d) Drosophilia.

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

4. What kind of work did Barbara's mother do contribute and make money?
(a) She taught cooking classes.
(b) She gave piano lessons.
(c) She gave violin lessons.
(d) She taught dance.

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

6. 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.

7. In Hanson's informal notes concerning Barbara, he claims that she weighed approximately how many pounds?
(a) 110.
(b) 90.
(c) 100.
(d) 95.

8. What high school did Barbara attend?
(a) James Madison High School.
(b) Erasmus Hall High School.
(c) Brooklyn High School.
(d) Maxwell High School.

9. What instrument did Barbara play in a jazz improvisation group?
(a) Bass guitar.
(b) Tenor banjo.
(c) Saxaphone.
(d) Piano.

10. There were elements of the bacterial genome that were discovered that seemed to "jump around". These were called transposons, insertion elements, or what?
(a) Leaping genes.
(b) Leaping elements.
(c) Jumping elements.
(d) Jumping genes.

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

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

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

14. When Barbara was taking a geology final when she was a Junior in college, what couldn't she remember?
(a) The room number the class was in.
(b) The name of the class.
(c) Her name.
(d) Her teacher's name.

15. Who discovered the enormous salivary chromosomes of Drosophila?
(a) M. Rhoades.
(b) T. Painter.
(c) J. Lenderberg.
(d) G. Beadle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1944, a paper was published demonstrating that what provided the material basis for inheritance?

2. Barbara McClintock worked in Cold Spring Harbor since what year?

3. Ribosomes are the what of protein synthesis?

4. How long did Barbara have the position of assistant professor?

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

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