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

2. 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.

3. The subject of cytogenetics is about the relationship between the chromosomes and what?
(a) The chromatids.
(b) The nuclei.
(c) Transfusion.
(d) The genetic systems.

4. What did Barbara McClintock receive her PhD in?
(a) Zoology.
(b) Genetics.
(c) Cytology.
(d) Botany.

5. The differences that were studied in fruit flies had to do with their eye color and what else?
(a) Leg thickness.
(b) Wing color.
(c) Wing shape.
(d) Eye shape.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Barbara when her name was changed to Barbara?

3. When Barbara was taking a geology final when she was a Junior in college, what couldn't she remember?

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

5. In what year was the Sixth European Nucleolar Workshop held?

(see the answer key)

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