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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. When Barbara was taking a geology final when she was a Junior in college, what couldn't she remember?
(a) The room number the class was in.
(b) The name of the class.
(c) Her name.
(d) Her teacher's name.

2. What kind of work did Barbara's mother do contribute and make money?
(a) She taught dance.
(b) She gave piano lessons.
(c) She gave violin lessons.
(d) She taught cooking classes.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What date was Barbara McClintock born?

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

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

4. What does Evelyn Keller state is the best word to describe Barbara McClintock's stance on life?

5. What profession did Barbara's father have?

(see the answer key)

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