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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. Barbara suggested that we must have what to "let it come to you"?
2. In the beginning of Chapter 9, Evelyn Keller writes about Barbara giving her talk at the Cold Spring Harbor Symposium and that it was met with what?
3. Keller states in Chapter 12 that good science cannot proceed without what?
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. Who presented the second paper in the 1951 symposium?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Barbara arrange to get an invitation to Cold Spring Harbor?
2. 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?
3. What were the three critical factors in Millikan's style of research that Holton cited?
4. 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?
5. What is the example involving Love Canal that Barbara tries to explain relating to scientists and engineers?
6. Among the plants in Barbara's very first crop there was one that was particularly noteworthy. Why?
7. Why did it take Barbara six years before she could present the scientific world with her ideas on transposition?
8. Why was Barbara apprehensive about presenting her data at the next annual Cold Spring Harbor Symposium?
9. Why did Freeman Dyson state that Richard Feynman was unable to communicate and hard to understand?
10. What did Keller say about good science and what does it need to proceed?
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
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.
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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