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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the first chromosomes visible as?
(a) Large square-like shapes.
(b) Long slender threads.
(c) Short fat chunks.
(d) Small circular shapes.

2. Lew Stadler had been on the faculty at the University of Missouri in Columbia since what year?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1912.

3. When it became clear to Barbara that she could no longer stay at Missouri, what did she consider as a possible career?
(a) Geology.
(b) Botony.
(c) Meteorology.
(d) Geography.

4. What was the name of the book that was published by Morgan, Sturtevant, Muller, and Bridges?
(a) The Theory of Mendelian Heredity.
(b) Mendelian Segregation.
(c) Medelian Mode of Inheritance.
(d) The Mechanism of Mendelian Heredity.

5. In what year did Cornell appoint its first woman assistant professor in something other than home economics?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1952.

6. How long did the first conversation between Evelyn Keller and Barbara McClintock last?
(a) Thirty minutes.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Forty-five minutes.
(d) Five hours.

7. Who was the co-author with McClintock on the paper that provided conclusive evidence for the chromosomal basis of genetics?
(a) Harriet Creighton.
(b) Marcus Rhoades.
(c) Rollins Emerson.
(d) George Beadle.

8. How many papers did McClintock publish between the years of 1929 and 1931?
(a) Five.
(b) Nine.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Ten.

9. How often did fruit flies give geneticists a new generation to study?
(a) Every 10 days.
(b) Every 5 days.
(c) Every 15 days.
(d) Every 20 days.

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

11. How does an anatomist see chromosomes?
(a) As very small rod-shaped bodies possibly present in all cells.
(b) Through a math formula.
(c) As a property of the organism.
(d) As representing a chemical structure and a genetic code.

12. What profession did Barbara's father have?
(a) He was a fisherman.
(b) He was a horse trainer.
(c) He was a doctor.
(d) He was a dentist.

13. The cytology professor that helped Barbara on Saturdays also did what for her?
(a) He helped pay for a new bike for Barbara.
(b) He was her priest.
(c) He was her thesis advisor.
(d) He was a fellow researcher on a paper.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Both of the grandparents on Barbara's mother side could be traced back to what?

3. What was the first name of Barbara's father?

4. What instrument did Barbara play in a jazz improvisation group?

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

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