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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 quoted in the book as saying, "You let the material tell you where to go, and it tells you at every step what the next has to be?"
(a) Barbara McClintock.
(b) Harriet Creighton.
(c) Evelyn Witkin.
(d) Marcus Rhoades.

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

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

4. In Chapter 7, Esther Parker had bought a farm that was located how many miles north of Ithaca?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Forty-five.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, Evelyn Keller states that molecular biology rescued the gene from decades of ambiguity and what?

2. 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?"

3. After what length of time did Demerec propose to make Barbara's position permanent at Cold Springs Harbor?

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

5. DNA makes RNA and RNA makes what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Barbara arrange to get an invitation to Cold Spring Harbor?

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

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

6. Describe how the information or data that Barbara had collected filled her office.

7. 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?

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

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

10. in the late 1950s, what was the new option that materialized for Barbara?

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