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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. Who was the theoretical physicist who was trained by Niels Bohr?
2. What did Barbara think when she found that Drosophila that were affected by radiation were more vigorous than the standard Drosophila?
3. 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?
4. How many parts are in the process of transposition?
5. In Drosophila a bacterium divide in two every how many minutes?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the example involving Love Canal that Barbara tries to explain relating to scientists and engineers?
2. Why did Freeman Dyson state that Richard Feynman was unable to communicate and hard to understand?
3. During the time of the 1960s and 1970s what new honors did Barbara recieve from the larger world of biology?
4. What difference did Milislav Demerec observe about the symposium papers from 1941 compared to the papers from 1951?
5. What did Barbara feel was an organism that was especially unappreciated and why?
6. What did Keller say about good science and what does it need to proceed?
7. Among the plants in Barbara's very first crop there was one that was particularly noteworthy. Why?
8. What did Lewis Stadler point out about the knowledge of genes and who else made this point with him?
9. 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?"
10. How did Barbara arrange to get an invitation to Cold Spring Harbor?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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 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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