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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. In Chapter 11, Evelyn Keller states that molecular biology rescued the gene from decades of ambiguity and what?
2. In 1941, how many geneticists did Cold Spring Harbor draw?
3. Which type of RNA contains the information coding for the sequence of amino acids?
4. In the model that Monod and Jacob proposed, they stated that protein synthesis is not regulated by just the structural gene but by how many other genes?
5. In Drosophila a bacterium divide in two every how many minutes?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was Barbara apprehensive about presenting her data at the next annual Cold Spring Harbor Symposium?
2. What were some of the reasons that Cold Spring Harbor was appealing to scientists during the summer?
3. During the time of the 1960s and 1970s what new honors did Barbara recieve from the larger world of biology?
4. How did Barbara arrange to get an invitation to Cold Spring Harbor?
5. What difference did Milislav Demerec observe about the symposium papers from 1941 compared to the papers from 1951?
6. What happened after Barbara delivered her talk at the Cold Spring Harbor Symposium?
7. What happened when Lotte Auerbach from the University of Edinburgh visited Barbara in her lab at Cold Spring Harbor?
8. How did Milislav Demerec describe what the view of genes was in 1941?
9. Why did Freeman Dyson state that Richard Feynman was unable to communicate and hard to understand?
10. Among the plants in Barbara's very first crop there was one that was particularly noteworthy. Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is it evident in the book that scientists and we, as a society, underestimate the flexibility of living organisms? Are humans becoming better at accepting and understanding what living organisms can do? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
During the course of her life, Barbara McClintock had to deal with a lot of prejudices just because she was a woman. How would her life have been different had she been a man? Do you think she ever regretted the fact that she was a woman? Why or why not? Do you think women today still face certain barriers and "glass ceilings"? Explain your reasoning.
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