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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. What was the name of the book that was published by Morgan, Sturtevant, Muller, and Bridges?

2. One day, why did Barbara climb the side of a building and let herself in a window?

3. How many kinds of nuclear division do cells undergo?

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

5. In what year was Barbara McClintock born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What award did Brandeis University give McClintock and what was the award for?

2. What are the three stages of prophase in meiosis?

3. What are some things that were described in Chapter 5 that Barbara did that "irk the authorities" at Missouri?

4. What two people did Barbara McClintock invite to Cold Spring Harbor to outline the parallels with her own work and how was their work different from McClintock's?

5. What did T.H. Morgan tell a disappointed reader who confronted him about his book, Embryology and Genetics?

6. What does C.D. Darlington remind his colleagues of in the opening pages of Recent Advances in Cytology?

7. Describe Barbara's temperament as a child and what happened because of it.

8. What did Barbara do when she heard of people that were being hired as associate professors that didn't have the same credentials as herself, yet she remained an assistant professor?

9. How did Barbara spend her time between the years of 1931 and 1933?

10. What was the difference of studying genetics in maize versus Drosophilia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how Barbara McClintock broke free "of the hidden constraints of tacit assumptions" and allowed "the results of [her] experiments to speak for themselves."

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

Describe the significance of Barbara McClintock to the world of science. Describe McClintock's importance to women in science. How did individuals benefit from knowing and working with McClintock?

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