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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Grateful applause.
(b) Stunned awkwardness.
(c) Stony silence.
(d) Loud cheers.

3. What is Neurospora?
(a) A red mold on bread.
(b) A green mold on mushrooms.
(c) A gray mold on fruit.
(d) A orange mold on corn.

4. Who was the director of the 1951 symposium?
(a) Milislav Demerec.
(b) Richard Goldschmidt.
(c) Barbara McClintock.
(d) Lewis Stadler.

5. Evelyn Keller mentioned that Barbara told "us" that one must have the time to do what?
(a) Wonder.
(b) Ponder.
(c) Think.
(d) Look.

6. After what length of time did Demerec propose to make Barbara's position permanent at Cold Springs Harbor?
(a) Two months.
(b) A year.
(c) Ten days.
(d) A week.

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

8. 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) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

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

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

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

12. In Milislav Demerec's first moves in his new position as the Director of the Department of Genetics of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, he gave Barbara a position for what length of time?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Ten years.

13. One of the few people that was interested in what Barbara had to say was Lotte Auerbach who was an animal geneticist from where?
(a) Cornell.
(b) Cold Spring Harbor.
(c) The University of Edinburgh.
(d) Yale.

14. In 1942, why had the atmosphere at Cold Spring Harbor become even quieter than normal?
(a) Because of the war.
(b) Because they closed their doors for a couple years.
(c) Because no one wanted to work with Barbara.
(d) Because they didn't have any openings for new scientists.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who presented the third paper in the 1951 symposium?

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

3. Who was the theoretical physicist who was trained by Niels Bohr?

4. Barbara suggested that we must have what to "let it come to you"?

5. Who did Barbara write to to arrange an invitation to Cold Springs Harbor?

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