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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Molecular Biology.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While at the University of Missouri, Barbara was given little encouragement and even another woman was promoted to the rank of associate professor of zoology. What was the woman's name?
(a) Harriet Creighton.
(b) Mary Jane Creighton.
(c) Mary Jane Guthrie.
(d) Harriet Guthrie.

2. Among plants in the first crop, there were patterns of variegation so unusual they "could not fail to catch the eye". What was so unusual about these kernels?
(a) They should have all been the same color, but there were four different colors present.
(b) They should have been colorless, but there were spots of color.
(c) They should have been all uniform shape, but there were some that were much larger than expected.
(d) They should have been yellow, but they were brown.

3. How much was the grant that the Rockefeller Foundation gave to Stadler in the mid-1930's?
(a) $70,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $80,000.
(d) $90,000.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the few people that was interested in what Barbara had to say was Lotte Auerbach who was an animal geneticist from where?

2. What was the term that McClintock phrased that meant a capacity to change positions?

3. In the mutant seedlings that Barbara had grown, what could be seen that didn't belong?

4. Who's number of year-round investigators hovered around six and eight?

5. In what year was the first woman admitted to Cornell University?

(see the answer key)

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