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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. In what month did a letter arrive from Barbara's old friend, George Beadle, suggesting she come to Stanford for a visit?

2. Who was the French intellectual who was mentioned in Chapter 11 that broke with the Communist Party in 1945?

3. Who presented the second paper in the 1951 symposium?

4. In Chapter 12, Keller mentions that the adaptability of what tends to be especially unappreciated?

5. In 1941, how many geneticists did Cold Spring Harbor draw?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Keller say about good science and what does it need to proceed?

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

3. How did Milislav Demerec describe what the view of genes was in 1941?

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

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

6. Describe how the information or data that Barbara had collected filled her office.

7. What did Barbara feel was an organism that was especially unappreciated and why?

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

9. in the late 1950s, what was the new option that materialized for Barbara?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Sara McClintock (Barbara's mother). What struggles did Sara McClintock have to face while raising her family? Compare and contrast Sara McClintock and her daughter, Barbara McClintock.

Essay Topic 2

Describe what mitosis is and also describe the stages in mitosis and what happens during those phases.

Essay Topic 3

Explain Rudolf Arnheim's words he wrote in Art and Visual Perception saying, "the realm of the unconscious could never enter our experience without the reflection of perceivable things." How does this quote relate to the life of Barbara McClintock?

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