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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what year was Barbara McClintock elected Vice President of the Genetics Society of America?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1925.
2. Who was Dean of Liberal Arts at Missouri in 1940?
(a) Frank Hanson.
(b) Barbara McClintock.
(c) Lewis Stadler.
(d) W.C. Curtis.
3. Where did Harriet Creighton take a teaching job in 1934?
(a) Cornell.
(b) Connecticut College for Women.
(c) University of Missouri.
(d) Yale.
4. What is the word that is used to describe the joining of fragments that have broken off a chromosome?
(a) Conjoin.
(b) Anneal.
(c) Genderate.
(d) Fuse.
5. What part of the corn was considered to be the endosperm tissue?
(a) The kernel.
(b) The stalk.
(c) The husk.
(d) The silk.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Evelyn Keller state is the best word to describe Barbara McClintock's stance on life?
2. How long did Barbara have the position of assistant professor?
3. Who said, "She is sore at the world because of her conviction that she would have a much freer scientific opportunity if she were a man"?
4. In the fall of what year did Evelyn Keller drive out to Cold Spring Harbor to speak with Barbara McClintock?
5. What did Barbara McClintock receive her PhD in?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Barbara's temperament as a child and what happened because of it.
2. What does C.D. Darlington remind his colleagues of in the opening pages of Recent Advances in Cytology?
3. What happened the time that Barbara was out playing basketball or volleyball in the neighborhood and a woman called her over to her house?
4. What was the difference of studying genetics in maize versus Drosophilia?
5. Why was the year 1944 a crucial year for Barbara McClintock and the history of genetics?
6. Why did Barbara's position at Missouri not work out, according to Barbara herself?
7. Who was Lewis Stadler and why did he want Barbara as a colleague?
8. What did T.H. Morgan tell a disappointed reader who confronted him about his book, Embryology and Genetics?
9. What are the different stages of mitosis?
10. What two people did Barbara McClintock invite to Cold Spring Harbor to outline the parallels with her own work and how was their work different from McClintock's?
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