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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 was the name of the cytology professor that gave Barbara private courses on Saturdays?
(a) Marcus Rhoades.
(b) Thomas Belling.
(c) Lester Sharp.
(d) Rollins Emerson.

2. Chromosomes became shorter and thicker during the first stage of what?
(a) Metaphase.
(b) Mitosis.
(c) Meiosis.
(d) Division prophase.

3. What did Barbara's uncle do for a living?
(a) He was a farmer.
(b) He was a baker.
(c) He was a fish dealer.
(d) He was a scientist.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Barbara McClintock receive her Ph.D.?

2. There were elements of the bacterial genome that were discovered that seemed to "jump around". These were called transposons, insertion elements, or what?

3. How long did the first conversation between Evelyn Keller and Barbara McClintock last?

4. How many kinds of nuclear division do cells undergo?

5. Who said, "I've known a lot of famous scientists. But the only one I thought really was a genius was McClintock"?

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