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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 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?"
(a) George Beadle.
(b) Marcus Rhoades.
(c) Evelyn Witkin.
(d) Stanley Stephens.

2. Barbara felt like above all, one must have what?
(a) Understanding of the possibility of the unknown.
(b) Complete willingness to accept.
(c) Ability to change our perception of things.
(d) A feeling for the organism.

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

4. Who was the French intellectual who was mentioned in Chapter 11 that broke with the Communist Party in 1945?
(a) Jacques Alexander César.
(b) Francois Jacob.
(c) Jacques Monod.
(d) Jean Picard.

5. 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 been all uniform shape, but there were some that were much larger than expected.
(c) They should have been yellow, but they were brown.
(d) They should have all been the same color, but there were four different colors present.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Einstein call a deep reverence for nature?

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

3. How did Evelyn Witkin say she learned from Barbara and developed her own understanding from her?

4. Evelyn Keller mentioned that Barbara told "us" that one must have the time to do what?

5. What is Neurospora?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened when Lotte Auerbach from the University of Edinburgh visited Barbara in her lab at Cold Spring Harbor?

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?"

9. 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?

10. After a decade of total frustration in her efforts, what happened to make Barbara think that the resistance would be weakened that she had encountered?

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