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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The cytology professor that helped Barbara on Saturdays also did what for her?

2. Who wrote the book, Embryology and Genetics?

3. Where are chromosomes found?

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

5. In what year was the Sixth European Nucleolar Workshop held?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did James A. Peters say about the paper that Harriet Creighton and Barbara McClintock wrote?

2. What were the fundamental questions of genetics during the time of the early 1930s?

3. What happened when Barbara discovered a way to identify maize chromosomes when she was working as a paid assistant to a cytologist?

4. How did Barbara spend her time between the years of 1931 and 1933?

5. After Barbara received her PhD in botany and was appointed as an instructor, she knew what her next task would be. What was that task?

6. In the mid-1930's and when she left Missouri what had she considered doing because of her jobless status?

7. Why did Barbara's position at Missouri not work out, according to Barbara herself?

8. What happened to Barbara a little more than a year after her brother, Tom, was born?

9. What was the difference of studying genetics in maize versus Drosophilia?

10. What are the three stages of prophase in meiosis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book was a biography written by Evelyn Keller, therefore it's a book about Barbara McClintock that was written by someone else. How do you think this book would have been different if McClintock would have written it herself? What are some events or people that you think would have been described differently had McClintock written the book herself? Explain your answers and use specific information from the book to support your views

Essay Topic 2

Describe Sara McClintock (Barbara's mother). What struggles did Sara McClintock have to face while raising her family? Compare and contrast Sara McClintock and her daughter, Barbara McClintock.

Essay Topic 3

What happened when the author of the book, Evelyn Keller, set out to get on tape and on paper the "recollections and musings" of Barbara McClintock? Describe the experience that Keller had with Barbara and what her impression was of her.

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