Biography Quiz

1. She believes creativity, or the ability to look at things in a new way, is what is important.

True

False

2. Sometimes, Kwoleks' co-workers laughed at her because she spent so much time working with chemicals.

True

False

3. Kwolek believes "you must repeat and repeat and repeat until you have the problem solved."

True

False

4. Police officers wear the material invented by Kwolek on their vests.

True

False

5. The material Stephanie Kwolek invented is used on fishing boats and in outer space.

True

False

6. Kwolek was born in New York City.

True

False

7. Most plastics have been developed from petroleum.

True

False

8. Kwolek believes that women do not have the same abilities as men.

True

False

9. Stephanie Kwolek was born in 1948.

True

False

10. Stephanie Kwolek is a painter.

True

False

11. While working at a chemical company, Stephanie Kwolek invented a new fiber called

Plastic

Kevlar

Rubber

Mylar

None of the above

12. Kwolek studied the process of plastics for 10 years.

True

False