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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. What year did Barbara McClintock graduate from Cornell?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1941.

2. What instrument did Barbara play in a jazz improvisation group?
(a) Tenor banjo.
(b) Bass guitar.
(c) Piano.
(d) Saxaphone.

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

4. What does Evelyn Keller state is the best word to describe Barbara McClintock's stance on life?
(a) Seclusion.
(b) Completed.
(c) Autonomy.
(d) Alone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Barbara was taking a geology final when she was a Junior in college, what couldn't she remember?

2. How long did the first conversation between Evelyn Keller and Barbara McClintock last?

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

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

5. Both of the grandparents on Barbara's mother side could be traced back to what?

(see the answer key)

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