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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, 1936-1941: University of Missouri.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many kinds of nuclear division do cells undergo?
(a) Two.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

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

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

4. What was the name of T.H. Morgan's single laboratory at Columbia University?
(a) Guy's Room.
(b) Fly Lab.
(c) Fly Guy's Lab.
(d) Fly Room.

5. At what age did Barbara ask for a set of tools?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Barbara have the position of assistant professor?

2. Who described Barbara as having a "green thumb" because everything she did turned into something big?

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

4. Who was the head of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute when Barbara received the Guggenheim Fellowship?

5. What position was Barbara McClintock elected to in 1939?

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