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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. How long did it take for Barbara to get from her first clues to her final interpretation dealing with transposition?

2. Barbara felt like above all, one must have what?

3. How did Evelyn Witkin say she learned from Barbara and developed her own understanding from her?

4. When Barbara was unwilling to accept her failure to see the Neurospora chromosomes, she went outside to sit and meditate under what type of tree?

5. DNA makes RNA and RNA makes what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Keller say about good science and what does it need to proceed?

2. What did George Beadle tell Warren Weaver of the Rockefeller Foundation about Barbara's visit to Stanford?

3. What is the answer to Eveyln Keller's question when she asks, "What enabled McClintock to see further and deeper into the mysteries of genetics than her colleagues?"

4. in the late 1950s, what was the new option that materialized for Barbara?

5. How did Milislav Demerec describe what the view of genes was in 1941?

6. In Chapter 7, when it was mentioned that Barbara was in private upheaval, what significant event happened during that time and why was she in private upheaval?

7. What difference did Milislav Demerec observe about the symposium papers from 1941 compared to the papers from 1951?

8. After a decade of total frustration in her efforts, what happened to make Barbara think that the resistance would be weakened that she had encountered?

9. In the early twentieth century what kind of science did biology transform into and what kind of science had it been before that?

10. Describe how the information or data that Barbara had collected filled her office.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Throughout the book we learn and read about times in science when there were surprises because the implied ideas weren't met. What were some of these surprises that Barbara or others met? How did these surprises help Barbara's work? Did some of these surprises hinder Barbara's progression in her work?

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