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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Capacity to Be Alone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1944, a paper was published demonstrating that what provided the material basis for inheritance?
(a) Chromosomes.
(b) Fruit flies.
(c) Maize studies.
(d) DNA.

2. What did Barbara's uncle do for a living?
(a) He was a farmer.
(b) He was a baker.
(c) He was a fish dealer.
(d) He was a scientist.

3. In the fall of what year did Evelyn Keller drive out to Cold Spring Harbor to speak with Barbara McClintock?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1973.

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

5. In what year was Barbara McClintock elected Vice President of the Genetics Society of America?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cornell geneticists study instead of fruit flies?

2. The differences that were studied in fruit flies had to do with their eye color and what else?

3. In what year was Barbara McClintock born?

4. What were the names of the flies that were used in studying genetics?

5. What was the term that McClintock phrased that meant a capacity to change positions?

(see the answer key)

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