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Women in Science - Rita Levi Montalcini

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did she win the Nobel prize?

a)

1951

b)

1986

c)

2001

d)

1947

2.

How did she define her faith?

a)

Atheism

b)

Jewish

c)

Free thinker

d)

Catholic

3.

For which discovery Rita Levi-Montalcini was awarded with the Nobel Prize?

a)

The Double-Helix model of DNA

b)

Nerve Growth Factor

c)

Diffraction of X-rays by crystals

d)

Identification of new elements as polonium and radium

4.

Identification of new elements as polonium and radium

a)

At her high school

b)

In a storage room

c)

In a bakery

d)

In her bedroom

5.

Which obstacles did Rita have to face to pursue a career in science?

a)

She was Jewish, and as such was barred from academic and professional careers by Mussolini

b)

She was a woman, and therefore was discouraged to attend college as was expected to marry and have children

c)

She had to use a false identity to survive the Holocaust

d)

She, her family and her home laboratory moved to the countryside in 1942 to avoid WWII bombs in Turin

e)

All of the previous

6.

Which of these quotes is from Rita Levi-Montalcini?

a)

Above all do not fear difficult moments, the best comes from them.

b)

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.

c)

What you do makes a difference, and you have to choose what kind difference you want to make.

d)

Life is not doors closing, it should be doors opening.

7.

Apart of being a brilliant Woman in Science, which two other professions Rita Levi-Montalcini did?

a)

Baker

b)

Chef

c)

Engineer

d)

Senator

8.

Together with Rita Levi-Montalcini, how many other women were awarded with the Nobel Prize in 1986?

a)

Zero

b)

Three

c)

One

d)

Five

9.

The name of the book written by Rita Levi-Montalcini about her life is titled:

a)

y Journey as an Italian Woman

b)

Chicken Embryos and More

c)

In Praise of Imperfection

d)

From Italy to the U.S.A.