A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Evelyn Fox Keller
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Evelyn Fox Keller
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Becoming a Scientist.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often did fruit flies give geneticists a new generation to study?
(a) Every 5 days.
(b) Every 10 days.
(c) Every 15 days.
(d) Every 20 days.

2. In what year did Barbara McClintock receive her Ph.D.?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1927.

3. What were the first chromosomes visible as?
(a) Large square-like shapes.
(b) Long slender threads.
(c) Small circular shapes.
(d) Short fat chunks.

4. What was the term that McClintock phrased that meant a capacity to change positions?
(a) Correspondence.
(b) Transferration.
(c) Transposition.
(d) Permutation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What high school did Barbara attend?

2. What was the name of T.H. Morgan's single laboratory at Columbia University?

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

4. What profession did Barbara's father have?

5. In what year did McClintock complete her graduate work?

(see the answer key)

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