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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characteristics best describes how Watson viewed the conference in London?
(a) Uneventful
(b) Exciting
(c) Rigid
(d) Enlightening

2. Which of the following is Watson's interest?
(a) How does DNA crystallize?
(b) Where is DNA stored?
(c) What is a gene?
(d) What are the crystallized images?

3. Who convinced Bragg that Watson and Crick should not be working on the problem of the structure of DNA?
(a) Maurice's boss
(b) Rosy's boss
(c) Bragg's boss
(d) Crick's boss

4. What fantasy did Watson have for how he would become involved in his work?
(a) Watson would develop a new biochemistry technique
(b) Watson would show Wilkins his crystallized images
(c) Wilkins would become his sister's suitor
(d) Watson would transfer his postgraduate fellowship to Wilkins

5. How many types of nucleotides are in DNA?
(a) 3
(b) 6
(c) 4
(d) 5

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Watson study after told to stop working on the model of DNA?

2. How does DNA carry information?

3. What did Crick and Watson have in common?

4. Whose ideas did Rosy's research ignore?

5. What did Watson and Crick decide they would need in order to move forward?

(see the answer key)

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