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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was Barbara's obvious occasion to present the full account of her work?
(a) The next scientist's convention at Rutgers University.
(b) The publication of Recent Advances in Cytology.
(c) The next annual Cold Spring Harbor Symposium.
(d) The gathering of the national Academy of Sciences.

3. In Chapter 11, Evelyn Keller states that molecular biology rescued the gene from decades of ambiguity and what?
(a) Mistakes.
(b) Guesses.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Darkness.

4. According to Gerald Horton, as Saint Thomas saw seraphim and Jean Perrin saw atoms, who saw electrons?
(a) Roughe.
(b) McClintock.
(c) Millikan.
(d) Einstein.

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

6. Among plants in the first crop, there were patterns of variegation so unusual they "could not fail to catch the eye". What was so unusual about these kernels?
(a) They should have been colorless, but there were spots of color.
(b) They should have all been the same color, but there were four different colors present.
(c) They should have been yellow, but they were brown.
(d) They should have been all uniform shape, but there were some that were much larger than expected.

7. 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?
(a) They identify any possibilites in a different order.
(b) Look for events that disturb that order.
(c) They watch the development of the order and then compare it to other orders.
(d) They make a list of rules that the order should follow.

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

9. It is mentioned in Chapter 7 that in hindsight, most historians would say that the molecular revolution began at what time?
(a) The early 1950's.
(b) The early 1930's.
(c) The early 1940's.
(d) The late 1920's.

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

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

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

13. 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) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

14. In what year did Lewis Stadler die?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1954.

15. In addition to making copies of itself, DNA also makes what?
(a) Chromosomes.
(b) Multiple nuclei.
(c) RNA.
(d) CNA.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Keller states in Chapter 12 that good science cannot proceed without what?

3. Who was quoted as saying, "By God, that woman is either crazy or a genius."?

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

5. Which type of RNA contains the information coding for the sequence of amino acids?

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