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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the President of the Carnegie Institution that Demerec urged Barbara to go talk to?
(a) Charles B. Davenport.
(b) Marcus Rhoades.
(c) Vannevar Bush.
(d) Salvador Luria.

2. Who presented the first paper in the 1951 symposium?
(a) Richard Goldschmidt.
(b) Barbara McClintock.
(c) Milislav Demerec.
(d) Lewis Stadler.

3. How many parts are in the process of transposition?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

4. What did Einstein call a deep reverence for nature?
(a) Cosmic religiosity.
(b) Serenity thought.
(c) Deep ecology.
(d) Pantheism thinking.

5. In the beginning of Chapter 9, Evelyn Keller writes about Barbara giving her talk at the Cold Spring Harbor Symposium and that it was met with what?
(a) Stunned awkwardness.
(b) Stony silence.
(c) Loud cheers.
(d) Grateful applause.

6. Gerald Holton commented on scientific imagination and it's importance to how many particular scientists?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

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

8. Who said of Barbara that "she was able to convey it to someone who was completely outside the field. She was able to make it real?"
(a) Stanley Stephens.
(b) George Beadle.
(c) Evelyn Witkin.
(d) Marcus Rhoades.

9. Keller also mentioned that Barbara suggested to us that we must have what to "hear what the material has to say to you"?
(a) Observance.
(b) Intuition.
(c) Patience.
(d) Stillness.

10. How long did it take for Barbara to get from her first clues to her final interpretation dealing with transposition?
(a) Twelve years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six years.

11. Barbara felt like above all, one must have what?
(a) Ability to change our perception of things.
(b) Understanding of the possibility of the unknown.
(c) Complete willingness to accept.
(d) A feeling for the organism.

12. In Chapter 12, Keller mentions that the adaptability of what tends to be especially unappreciated?
(a) Drosophila.
(b) Maize.
(c) Plants.
(d) Humans.

13. The step-by-step evolution of Barbara's interpretation could be followed from her annual reports she wrote for who?
(a) The University of Missouri.
(b) The National Society of Sciences.
(c) The Carnegie Institution of Washington.
(d) The Rockefeller Foundation.

14. In what month did a letter arrive from Barbara's old friend, George Beadle, suggesting she come to Stanford for a visit?
(a) October.
(b) January.
(c) July.
(d) March.

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

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. In Drosophila a bacterium divide in two every how many minutes?

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

4. After what length of time did Demerec propose to make Barbara's position permanent at Cold Springs Harbor?

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?

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