WorksheetsWomen in Science - Rita Levi Montalcini
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
When did she win the Nobel prize?
1951
1986
2001
1947
How did she define her faith?
Atheism
Jewish
Free thinker
Catholic
For which discovery Rita Levi-Montalcini was awarded with the Nobel Prize?
The Double-Helix model of DNA
Nerve Growth Factor
Diffraction of X-rays by crystals
Identification of new elements as polonium and radium
Identification of new elements as polonium and radium
At her high school
In a storage room
In a bakery
In her bedroom
Which obstacles did Rita have to face to pursue a career in science?
She was Jewish, and as such was barred from academic and professional careers by Mussolini
She was a woman, and therefore was discouraged to attend college as was expected to marry and have children
She had to use a false identity to survive the Holocaust
She, her family and her home laboratory moved to the countryside in 1942 to avoid WWII bombs in Turin
All of the previous
Which of these quotes is from Rita Levi-Montalcini?
Above all do not fear difficult moments, the best comes from them.
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.
What you do makes a difference, and you have to choose what kind difference you want to make.
Life is not doors closing, it should be doors opening.
Apart of being a brilliant Woman in Science, which two other professions Rita Levi-Montalcini did?
Baker
Chef
Engineer
Senator
Together with Rita Levi-Montalcini, how many other women were awarded with the Nobel Prize in 1986?
Zero
Three
One
Five
The name of the book written by Rita Levi-Montalcini about her life is titled:
y Journey as an Italian Woman
Chicken Embryos and More
In Praise of Imperfection
From Italy to the U.S.A.
