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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 discovered the enormous salivary chromosomes of Drosophila?

2. What profession did Barbara's father have?

3. What instrument did Barbara play in a jazz improvisation group?

4. Who was the head of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute when Barbara received the Guggenheim Fellowship?

5. Who said, "She is sore at the world because of her conviction that she would have a much freer scientific opportunity if she were a man"?

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. In 1931, why did Barbara start to feel like it was time to leave Cornell?

3. What were Barbara's "personality difficulties" as described by T. H. Morgan?

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

5. Who was Lewis Stadler and why did he want Barbara as a colleague?

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

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

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

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

Describe Sara McClintock (Barbara's mother). What struggles did Sara McClintock have to face while raising her family? Compare and contrast Sara McClintock and her daughter, Barbara McClintock.

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

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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