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

2. What profession did Barbara's father have?
(a) He was a fisherman.
(b) He was a dentist.
(c) He was a doctor.
(d) He was a horse trainer.

3. In the fall of what year did Evelyn Keller drive out to Cold Spring Harbor to speak with Barbara McClintock?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1980.

4. What was the first name of Barbara's father?
(a) Henry.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Adam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What high school did Barbara attend?

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

3. How often did fruit flies give geneticists a new generation to study?

4. In Chapter 1, it is mentioned that immune systems were studied in what animal?

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

(see the answer key)

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