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

2. In Chapter 1, it is mentioned that immune systems were studied in what animal?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Mice.
(d) Rats.

3. In what year was Barbara McClintock born?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1904.

4. What high school did Barbara attend?
(a) Erasmus Hall High School.
(b) James Madison High School.
(c) Maxwell High School.
(d) Brooklyn High School.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What profession did Barbara's father have?

4. What was the term that McClintock phrased that meant a capacity to change positions?

5. What was the name of the book that was published by Morgan, Sturtevant, Muller, and Bridges?

(see the answer key)

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