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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 many winters did Barbara spend in Central and South America?
2. Among plants in the first crop, there were patterns of variegation so unusual they "could not fail to catch the eye". What was so unusual about these kernels?
3. In Chapter 7, Esther Parker had bought a farm that was located how many miles north of Ithaca?
4. According to Gerald Horton, as Saint Thomas saw seraphim and Jean Perrin saw atoms, who saw electrons?
5. Who was the theoretical physicist who was trained by Niels Bohr?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the early twentieth century what kind of science did biology transform into and what kind of science had it been before that?
2. What is the example involving Love Canal that Barbara tries to explain relating to scientists and engineers?
3. What did Lewis Stadler point out about the knowledge of genes and who else made this point with him?
4. What happened after Barbara delivered her talk at the Cold Spring Harbor Symposium?
5. 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?
6. How did Max Delbruck put Cold Spring Harbor on the map and for whom?
7. What did Keller say about good science and what does it need to proceed?
8. 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?"
9. Why was Barbara apprehensive about presenting her data at the next annual Cold Spring Harbor Symposium?
10. What happened when Lotte Auerbach from the University of Edinburgh visited Barbara in her lab at Cold Spring Harbor?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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.
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