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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 scientists are mentioned in the quote by Einstein when he talks about the deep longing that has to be present in scientists?
2. Who extended an invitation to Barbara to help in the collection and preservation of maize in Central and South America?
3. 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?
4. Who presented the first paper in the 1951 symposium?
5. 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?
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. How did Max Delbruck put Cold Spring Harbor on the map and for whom?
3. What did Keller say about good science and what does it need to proceed?
4. What difference did Milislav Demerec observe about the symposium papers from 1941 compared to the papers from 1951?
5. 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?"
6. What did Lewis Stadler point out about the knowledge of genes and who else made this point with him?
7. What happened when Lotte Auerbach from the University of Edinburgh visited Barbara in her lab at Cold Spring Harbor?
8. What happened after Barbara delivered her talk at the Cold Spring Harbor Symposium?
9. Why did Freeman Dyson state that Richard Feynman was unable to communicate and hard to understand?
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
What happened when the author of the book, Evelyn Keller, set out to get on tape and on paper the "recollections and musings" of Barbara McClintock? Describe the experience that Keller had with Barbara and what her impression was of her.
Essay Topic 2
How does the quote we read in Chapter 9, "to say someone is obscure is to put the burden of that failure in communication on the speaker" relate to Barbara McClintock? Why do you think so many people had a hard time understanding or believing in Barbara?
Essay Topic 3
Explain Watson and Crick's research, what they were famous for, and what their answer was to the question in Chapter 11, "how do genes make exact copies of themselves?"
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