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

2. Who extended an invitation to Barbara to help in the collection and preservation of maize in Central and South America?
(a) The Organization of National Sciences.
(b) The National Institute of Medicine.
(c) The National Academies.
(d) The National Academy of Sciences.

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

4. Barbara suggested that we must have what to "let it come to you"?
(a) Control.
(b) Openness.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Reverence.

5. Evelyn Keller likens different "languages" in science from an example of Freeman Dyson, who was an "interpreter" for who?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Barbara McClintock.
(c) Richard Feynman.
(d) Niels Bohr.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Keller state is a prerequisite for Barbara's extraordinary perspicacity?

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

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

4. In 1942, why had the atmosphere at Cold Spring Harbor become even quieter than normal?

5. How many parts are in the process of transposition?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the answer to Eveyln Keller's question when she asks, "What enabled McClintock to see further and deeper into the mysteries of genetics than her colleagues?"

4. What did George Beadle tell Warren Weaver of the Rockefeller Foundation about Barbara's visit to Stanford?

5. What difference did Milislav Demerec observe about the symposium papers from 1941 compared to the papers from 1951?

6. What is the example involving Love Canal that Barbara tries to explain relating to scientists and engineers?

7. What did Lewis Stadler point out about the knowledge of genes and who else made this point with him?

8. How did Milislav Demerec describe what the view of genes was in 1941?

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

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

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