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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Barbara's last attempt to explain her work to her colleagues at Cold Spring Harbor?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1962.

2. In the mutant seedlings that Barbara had grown, what could be seen that didn't belong?
(a) No growth of kernals in many spots.
(b) Discolored kernals that were green.
(c) Streaks or spots of color.
(d) Rings around the outside husk of the corn.

3. After what length of time did Demerec propose to make Barbara's position permanent at Cold Springs Harbor?
(a) A year.
(b) A week.
(c) Two months.
(d) Ten days.

4. 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?
(a) They should have been yellow, but they were brown.
(b) They should have been colorless, but there were spots of color.
(c) They should have all been the same color, but there were four different colors present.
(d) They should have been all uniform shape, but there were some that were much larger than expected.

5. Who extended an invitation to Barbara to help in the collection and preservation of maize in Central and South America?
(a) The Organization of National Sciences.
(b) The National Institute of Medicine.
(c) The National Academies.
(d) The National Academy of Sciences.

Short Answer Questions

1. Max Delbruck first came to the United States from what country?

2. Who was quoted in the book as saying, "You let the material tell you where to go, and it tells you at every step what the next has to be?"

3. In Chapter 9, Evelyn Keller quotes Einstein. He said, "To these elementary laws there leads no logical path, but only" what?

4. It is mentioned in Chapter 7 that in hindsight, most historians would say that the molecular revolution began at what time?

5. How long did it take for Barbara to get from her first clues to her final interpretation dealing with transposition?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Barbara arrange to get an invitation to Cold Spring Harbor?

2. What did George Beadle tell Warren Weaver of the Rockefeller Foundation about Barbara's visit to Stanford?

3. Among the plants in Barbara's very first crop there was one that was particularly noteworthy. Why?

4. What is the example involving Love Canal that Barbara tries to explain relating to scientists and engineers?

5. What difference did Milislav Demerec observe about the symposium papers from 1941 compared to the papers from 1951?

6. 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?"

7. What did Lewis Stadler point out about the knowledge of genes and who else made this point with him?

8. 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?

9. Why was Barbara apprehensive about presenting her data at the next annual Cold Spring Harbor Symposium?

10. How did Max Delbruck put Cold Spring Harbor on the map and for whom?

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