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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. Barbara McClintock worked in Cold Spring Harbor since what year?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1931.

2. What date was Barbara McClintock born?
(a) June 21, 1908.
(b) June 30, 1903.
(c) June 16, 1902.
(d) June 1, 1901.

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

4. What was the name of T.H. Morgan's single laboratory at Columbia University?
(a) Guy's Room.
(b) Fly Room.
(c) Fly Lab.
(d) Fly Guy's Lab.

5. In what year was the first woman admitted to Cornell University?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1881.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was Barbara McClintock born?

3. There were elements of the bacterial genome that were discovered that seemed to "jump around". These were called transposons, insertion elements, or what?

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

5. What profession did Barbara's father have?

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