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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. Chromosomes became shorter and thicker during the first stage of what?

2. Who was the Vice President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1937?

3. What does Evelyn Keller state is the best word to describe Barbara McClintock's stance on life?

4. What did Barbara McClintock receive her PhD in?

5. In what year was Barbara McClintock elected Vice President of the Genetics Society of America?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Barbara signed up for a large overload of classes at Cornell and why did she do it?

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

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

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

5. What happened with Sara Handy and Thomas McClintock after Thomas graduated from Boston University Medical school?

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

7. What are the different stages of mitosis?

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe what mitosis is and also describe the stages in mitosis and what happens during those phases.

Essay Topic 2

Explain Rudolf Arnheim's words he wrote in Art and Visual Perception saying, "the realm of the unconscious could never enter our experience without the reflection of perceivable things." How does this quote relate to the life of Barbara McClintock?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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