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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) 1915.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1905.

2. The differences that were studied in fruit flies had to do with their eye color and what else?
(a) Wing shape.
(b) Eye shape.
(c) Leg thickness.
(d) Wing color.

3. What was the first name of Barbara's mother?
(a) Marie.
(b) Sue.
(c) Sara.
(d) Rose.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what position was Barbara McClintock elected in 1945?

2. Barbara McClintock worked in Cold Spring Harbor since what year?

3. In what year was the first woman admitted to Cornell University?

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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