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

2. 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) Her name.
(c) Her teacher's name.
(d) The name of the class.

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

4. Both of the grandparents on Barbara's mother side could be traced back to what?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The Boston Tea Party.
(c) The Mayflower.
(d) The Speedwell.

5. What was the first name of Barbara's mother?
(a) Sara.
(b) Sue.
(c) Marie.
(d) Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the science that was born in T. H. Morgan's lab?

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

3. In what year did McClintock and her student, Harriet Creighton, publish a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences?

4. In what year did Barbara McClintock receive her Ph.D.?

5. In what year was the term "genetics" coined?

(see the answer key)

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