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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. 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?
2. When was Barbara's obvious occasion to present the full account of her work?
3. Evelyn Keller mentioned that Barbara told "us" that one must have the time to do what?
4. What did Einstein call a deep reverence for nature?
5. Barbara suggested that we must have what to "let it come to you"?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?"
2. Why did Freeman Dyson state that Richard Feynman was unable to communicate and hard to understand?
3. 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?
4. Why did it take Barbara six years before she could present the scientific world with her ideas on transposition?
5. Describe how the information or data that Barbara had collected filled her office.
6. What did George Beadle tell Warren Weaver of the Rockefeller Foundation about Barbara's visit to Stanford?
7. What did Barbara feel was an organism that was especially unappreciated and why?
8. What difference did Milislav Demerec observe about the symposium papers from 1941 compared to the papers from 1951?
9. What happened when Lotte Auerbach from the University of Edinburgh visited Barbara in her lab at Cold Spring Harbor?
10. What were the three critical factors in Millikan's style of research that Holton cited?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Barbara McClintock. What were some of her strengths and weaknesses? How do you picture Barbara from descriptions in the book? What kind of inner qualities did Barbara possess that made her a good scientist? Explain your answers and use specific information from the book to support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Describe your favorite section or chapter of the book. What people from this section did you like? Were there any individuals you didn't like? Why or why not? What appealed to you about this particular chapter or section? Are there any words of wisdom that you found in this section?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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