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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Evelyn Witkin come to Cold Spring Harbor?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1954.

2. In the mutant seedlings that Barbara had grown, what could be seen that didn't belong?
(a) No growth of kernals in many spots.
(b) Rings around the outside husk of the corn.
(c) Discolored kernals that were green.
(d) Streaks or spots of color.

3. What did Barbara think when she found that Drosophila that were affected by radiation were more vigorous than the standard Drosophila?
(a) She that it was terribly funny.
(b) She thought of changing her field of study.
(c) She thought the results were wrong.
(d) She thought that maize would be the same.

4. Barbara suggested that we must have what to "let it come to you"?
(a) Control.
(b) Reverence.
(c) Openness.
(d) Understanding.

5. How many scientists are mentioned in the quote by Einstein when he talks about the deep longing that has to be present in scientists?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

6. Max Delbruck first came to the United States from what country?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Brazil.
(c) China.
(d) Germany.

7. Who was the French intellectual who was mentioned in Chapter 11 that broke with the Communist Party in 1945?
(a) Francois Jacob.
(b) Jean Picard.
(c) Jacques Monod.
(d) Jacques Alexander César.

8. In what year was Barbara's last attempt to explain her work to her colleagues at Cold Spring Harbor?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1960.

9. How many years later was it when Barbara made her second presentation at the Cold Spring Harbor Symposium?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

10. Who extended an invitation to Barbara to help in the collection and preservation of maize in Central and South America?
(a) The National Academies.
(b) The National Academy of Sciences.
(c) The National Institute of Medicine.
(d) The Organization of National Sciences.

11. How many kinds of RNA are made?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

12. In 1941, how many geneticists did Cold Spring Harbor draw?
(a) Over sixty.
(b) Over ninety.
(c) Over seventy.
(d) Over eighty.

13. Evelyn Keller likens different "languages" in science from an example of Freeman Dyson, who was an "interpreter" for who?
(a) Niels Bohr.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Richard Feynman.
(d) Barbara McClintock.

14. What does the term, dissociation mean?
(a) The processing of materials into a different material.
(b) Complete disappearance of a part.
(c) Combining into larger masses.
(d) Controlled breakage.

15. What does Keller state is a prerequisite for Barbara's extraordinary perspicacity?
(a) Her love for studying.
(b) Her willingness to let her brain take over.
(c) Her ultimate knowledge.
(d) Her drive to succeed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who's number of year-round investigators hovered around six and eight?

2. Who presented the first paper in the 1951 symposium?

3. In Chapter 9, Evelyn Keller quotes Einstein. He said, "To these elementary laws there leads no logical path, but only" what?

4. When the National Academy of Sciences elected Barbara McClintock as a member, how many other women before her had held that particular honor?

5. In Chapter 7, Esther Parker had bought a farm that was located how many miles north of Ithaca?

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