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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. In Chapter 9, Evelyn Keller quotes Einstein. He said, "To these elementary laws there leads no logical path, but only" what?
2. Barbara suggested that we must have what to "let it come to you"?
3. In Chapter 8, Evelyn Keller talks about scientists that set out to understand a new principle of order. What does she say is one of the first things that the scientists do?
4. What does Keller state is a prerequisite for Barbara's extraordinary perspicacity?
5. In the mutant seedlings that Barbara had grown, what could be seen that didn't belong?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened when Lotte Auerbach from the University of Edinburgh visited Barbara in her lab at Cold Spring Harbor?
2. In the early twentieth century what kind of science did biology transform into and what kind of science had it been before that?
3. What did Barbara feel was an organism that was especially unappreciated and why?
4. Why did it take Barbara six years before she could present the scientific world with her ideas on transposition?
5. What were the three critical factors in Millikan's style of research that Holton cited?
6. What is the answer to Eveyln Keller's question when she asks, "What enabled McClintock to see further and deeper into the mysteries of genetics than her colleagues?"
7. After a decade of total frustration in her efforts, what happened to make Barbara think that the resistance would be weakened that she had encountered?
8. How did Max Delbruck put Cold Spring Harbor on the map and for whom?
9. Why did Freeman Dyson state that Richard Feynman was unable to communicate and hard to understand?
10. During the time of the 1960s and 1970s what new honors did Barbara recieve from the larger world of biology?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the book we learn and read about times in science when there were surprises because the implied ideas weren't met. What were some of these surprises that Barbara or others met? How did these surprises help Barbara's work? Did some of these surprises hinder Barbara's progression in her work?
Essay Topic 2
Describe how Barbara McClintock broke free "of the hidden constraints of tacit assumptions" and allowed "the results of [her] experiments to speak for themselves."
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 12, Evelyn Keller asks the question, "What enabled McClintock to see further and deeper into the mysteries of genetics than her colleagues?" She then answers with words from Barbara. In your own words describe how Barbara answered this question and then also answer the question from your own point of view after reading the book.
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