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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the fall of what year did Evelyn Keller drive out to Cold Spring Harbor to speak with Barbara McClintock?
2. What was the principle object of interest to cytologists?
3. Ribosomes are the what of protein synthesis?
4. What does NOR stand for?
5. Chromosomes became shorter and thicker during the first stage of what?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Ross Harrison gave his retirement speech from the vice presidency of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1937, what did he state the embryologist was more concerned with?
2. What are the different stages of mitosis?
3. After Barbara received her PhD in botany and was appointed as an instructor, she knew what her next task would be. What was that task?
4. Why was the year 1944 a crucial year for Barbara McClintock and the history of genetics?
5. Why did Barbara's position at Missouri not work out, according to Barbara herself?
6. What happened the time that Barbara was out playing basketball or volleyball in the neighborhood and a woman called her over to her house?
7. Why did Barbara experience long-term consequences because of the absence of a professional niche?
8. In Chapter 6, what are the three major concerns of twentieth-century biology that are mentioned?
9. What happened when Barbara discovered a way to identify maize chromosomes when she was working as a paid assistant to a cytologist?
10. Why was it described in the book that Barbara was born into the role of maverick and pioneer?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Do you think Evelyn Keller did a good job in describing what type of person Barbara McClintock was? How did Keller do at describing scientific jargon or vocabulary to the average reader? How did Keller touch each part of McClintock's life in her book? Explain your answers and use specific information from the book to support your explanations.
Essay Topic 2
When Barbara visited Germany, she was faced with much sadness and turmoil because it was during the time of World War II and Hitler's reign. How do you think this experience affected Barbara and influenced her over the course of her life? Do you think this experience made her a better person? A better scientist? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
In the book there were people, such as Marcus Rhoades, who were friends who were also colleagues with Barbara and believed in her research. Explain Barbara's relationship with her colleagues. How was she like her colleagues and how was she different from her colleagues. Use specific information from the book to support your answers.
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