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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 long did the first conversation between Evelyn Keller and Barbara McClintock last?
(a) Five hours.
(b) Forty-five minutes.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Thirty minutes.

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

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

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

5. What was the name of the science that was born in T. H. Morgan's lab?
(a) Radiation genetics.
(b) Botony.
(c) Mycogenetics
(d) Cytogenetics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the names of the flies that were used in studying genetics?

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

3. How old was Barbara when her name was changed to Barbara?

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

5. What high school did Barbara attend?

(see the answer key)

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