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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. Ribosomes are the what of protein synthesis?

2. The three major concerns of twentieth-century biology have been and still are what?

3. What is another word for the process of synapsis?

4. A problem that had caught Barbara's fancy was a small body on the end of what chromosome?

5. In what year was the Sixth European Nucleolar Workshop held?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the subject of the paper that Harriet Creighton and Barbara McClintock wrote in 1931?

2. 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?

3. Why did Barbara experience long-term consequences because of the absence of a professional niche?

4. What did James A. Peters say about the paper that Harriet Creighton and Barbara McClintock wrote?

5. What were the fundamental questions of genetics during the time of the early 1930s?

6. 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?

7. In Chapter 6, what are the three major concerns of twentieth-century biology that are mentioned?

8. What happened to Barbara a little more than a year after her brother, Tom, was born?

9. What happened the time that Barbara was out playing basketball or volleyball in the neighborhood and a woman called her over to her house?

10. In the mid-1930's and when she left Missouri what had she considered doing because of her jobless status?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 12, Evelyn Keller asks the question, "What enabled McClintock to see further and deeper into the mysteries of genetics than her colleagues?" She then answers with words from Barbara. In your own words describe how Barbara answered this question and then also answer the question from your own point of view after reading the book.

Essay Topic 2

What happened when the author of the book, Evelyn Keller, set out to get on tape and on paper the "recollections and musings" of Barbara McClintock? Describe the experience that Keller had with Barbara and what her impression was of her.

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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