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

2. Who described Barbara as having a "green thumb" because everything she did turned into something big?
(a) L.C. Dunn.
(b) Marcus Rhoades.
(c) Her father, Dr. McClintock.
(d) Lewis Stadler.

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

4. Who was the head of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute when Barbara received the Guggenheim Fellowship?
(a) Marcus Rhoades.
(b) Lewis Stadler.
(c) Richard B. Goldschmidt.
(d) Curt Stern.

5. In what year did McClintock and her student, Harriet Creighton, publish a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1925.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Harriet Creighton take a teaching job in 1934?

2. Where are chromosomes found?

3. When Barbara's father made an unofficial visit Frank Hanson concerning his daughter, he was currently working for what company as an industrial surgeon?

4. What profession did Barbara's father have?

5. What is the word that describes a chromosome that has two centromeres?

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