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

2. How many chromosomes did corn or maize have?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

3. What year did Barbara McClintock graduate from Cornell?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1920.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Barbara McClintock born?

2. What did Barbara's uncle do for a living?

3. What were the names of the flies that were used in studying genetics?

4. What was the first name of Barbara's mother?

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

(see the answer key)

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