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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Cold Spring Harbor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are considered to be the mainstay of genetic research?
(a) Mutations.
(b) Cells.
(c) Chromosomes.
(d) Genes.

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

3. What is the word that is used to describe the joining of fragments that have broken off a chromosome?
(a) Genderate.
(b) Anneal.
(c) Conjoin.
(d) Fuse.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Barbara ask for a set of tools?

2. What year did Barbara McClintock graduate from Cornell?

3. In what year did Cornell appoint its first woman assistant professor in something other than home economics?

4. Who did Barbara write to to arrange an invitation to Cold Springs Harbor?

5. How many chromosomes did corn or maize have?

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