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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. After Barbara's efforts were in vain to explain her discoveries she didn't talk except for the annual reports in what?
(a) The Cold Spring Harbor yearbook.
(b) The Missouri yearbook.
(c) The CIW yearbook.
(d) The Cornell yearbook.

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

5. Keller states in Chapter 12 that good science cannot proceed without what?
(a) A good scientist.
(b) A deep emotional investment on the part of the scientist.
(c) A openness to change.
(d) A willingness to accept a different solution than what you were hoping for.

6. Who's number of year-round investigators hovered around six and eight?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Cornell.
(c) Cold Spring Harbor.
(d) Harvard.

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

8. How did Evelyn Witkin say she learned from Barbara and developed her own understanding from her?
(a) By reading Barbara's in depth notes.
(b) By watching Barbara work from across the lab during the late night hours.
(c) By listening to recordings that Barbara taped to teach others.
(d) By looking over Barbara's shoulder.

9. How many winters did Barbara spend in Central and South America?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

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

11. 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) Yale.
(c) Cold Spring Harbor.
(d) The University of Edinburgh.

12. In Drosophila a bacterium divide in two every how many minutes?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Sixty.

13. In the model that Monod and Jacob proposed, they stated that protein synthesis is not regulated by just the structural gene but by how many other genes?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

14. When Barbara was unwilling to accept her failure to see the Neurospora chromosomes, she went outside to sit and meditate under what type of tree?
(a) Pine.
(b) Weeping Willow.
(c) Eucalyptus.
(d) Elm.

15. 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 next scientist's convention at Rutgers University.
(c) The next annual Cold Spring Harbor Symposium.
(d) The publication of Recent Advances in Cytology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Evelyn Keller likens different "languages" in science from an example of Freeman Dyson, who was an "interpreter" for who?

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

3. Max Delbruck first came to the United States from what country?

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

5. 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?"

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