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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) DNA.
(b) Fruit flies.
(c) Chromosomes.
(d) Maize studies.

2. In what year did McClintock and her student, Harriet Creighton, publish a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1935.

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

4. What did Barbara's sister, Marjorie, become?
(a) A banker.
(b) A rodeo queen.
(c) A school teacher.
(d) A professional harpist.

5. In what year did Barbara McClintock receive her Ph.D.?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1923.

Short Answer Questions

1. What high school did Barbara attend?

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

3. What was the name of T.H. Morgan's single laboratory at Columbia University?

4. In what year was Barbara McClintock elected Vice President of the Genetics Society of America?

5. At what age did Barbara ask for a set of tools?

(see the answer key)

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