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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 that maize would be the same.
(c) She thought of changing her field of study.
(d) She thought the results were wrong.

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

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

4. 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) A feeling for the organism.
(d) Complete willingness to accept.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. How many years later was it when Barbara made her second presentation at the Cold Spring Harbor Symposium?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Keller say about good science and what does it need to proceed?

2. In Chapter 7, when it was mentioned that Barbara was in private upheaval, what significant event happened during that time and why was she in private upheaval?

3. Among the plants in Barbara's very first crop there was one that was particularly noteworthy. Why?

4. Why was Barbara apprehensive about presenting her data at the next annual Cold Spring Harbor Symposium?

5. What were the three critical factors in Millikan's style of research that Holton cited?

6. What were some of the reasons that Cold Spring Harbor was appealing to scientists during the summer?

7. During the time of the 1960s and 1970s what new honors did Barbara recieve from the larger world of biology?

8. In the early twentieth century what kind of science did biology transform into and what kind of science had it been before that?

9. What did Barbara feel was an organism that was especially unappreciated and why?

10. What happened after Barbara delivered her talk at the Cold Spring Harbor Symposium?

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