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

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

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

4. What date was Barbara McClintock born?
(a) June 21, 1908.
(b) June 30, 1903.
(c) June 1, 1901.
(d) June 16, 1902.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What profession did Barbara's father have?

5. What was the first name of Barbara's mother?

(see the answer key)

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