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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. Who was Dean of Liberal Arts at Missouri in 1940?
2. What date was Barbara McClintock born?
3. What kind of work did Barbara's mother do contribute and make money?
4. What did Barbara's uncle do for a living?
5. What did the Dean at the University of Missouri tell Barbara would happen if something happened to Stadler?
Short Essay Questions
1. When C.D. Darlington was describing the views of colleagues in different types of sciences, which type of scientist does he compare to the naturalist and how does a naturalist see chromosomes?
2. An excerpt from Frank Hanson's informal notes about Barbara McClintock are found in Chapter 4. How does Hanson describe Barbara's physical appearance?
3. Describe Barbara's temperament as a child and what happened because of it.
4. What happened when Barbara signed up for a large overload of classes at Cornell and why did she do it?
5. Why was it described in the book that Barbara was born into the role of maverick and pioneer?
6. What are some things that were described in Chapter 5 that Barbara did that "irk the authorities" at Missouri?
7. What was the subject of the paper that Harriet Creighton and Barbara McClintock wrote in 1931?
8. What did James A. Peters say about the paper that Harriet Creighton and Barbara McClintock wrote?
9. In the mid-1930's and when she left Missouri what had she considered doing because of her jobless status?
10. Why did Barbara's position at Missouri not work out, according to Barbara herself?
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
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.
Essay Topic 3
Describe what mitosis is and also describe the stages in mitosis and what happens during those phases.
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