A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Evelyn Fox Keller
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Evelyn Fox Keller
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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. What was the term that McClintock phrased that meant a capacity to change positions?
(a) Transposition.
(b) Permutation.
(c) Correspondence.
(d) Transferration.

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

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

4. What instrument did Barbara play in a jazz improvisation group?
(a) Saxaphone.
(b) Piano.
(c) Tenor banjo.
(d) Bass guitar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the first conversation between Evelyn Keller and Barbara McClintock last?

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

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

4. What did Barbara's sister, Marjorie, become?

5. What was the name of the science that was born in T. H. Morgan's lab?

(see the answer key)

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