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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. On what topic had Bragg, Kendrew and Perutz published a paper?
(a) Polypeptide chains
(b) Insulin dependent molecules
(c) Helical molecules
(d) Crystallographic chains

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

3. Which of the following types of work was Watson enthusiastic about beginning?
(a) Work with the different possible molecular models of DNA
(b) Work with crystallography
(c) Work with Crick on X-ray photographs
(d) Work with X-rays of helices

4. Whose ideas did Rosy's research ignore?
(a) Cochran's
(b) Pauling's
(c) Watson's
(d) Crick's

5. Which of the following best describes how Watson and Crick felt after Rosy and Maurice left?
(a) Excited about continuing
(b) More productive
(c) The same as they had felt before they came to review the model
(d) Despondent

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did Crick lack when it came to the type of research needed for a PhD thesis?

2. Which of the following is the best definition of the term abated?

3. What could be used to rule out some false starts of potential DNA structures?

4. When would Watson and Crick be able to understand the configuration of inorganic ions?

5. Who else did Watson invite to his friend's parents for Christmas?

Short Essay Questions

1. How had Watson gotten a place to leave in Clare College?

2. Why did Wilkins come to Naples?

3. What must be allowed when the structure of DNA is solved?

4. What realization did Watson come to years after their discovery of the structure of DNA in regards to Rosy?

5. What would Francis find awkward in regards to the problem of DNA?

6. What did Watson want to study after hearing Pauling's lecture?

7. What new information was revealed when Pauling appeared unexpectedly at the meeting?

8. What does Watson's new informaiton about DNA lead to him to question?

9. How did Francis feel about Watson's work with bacteria?

10. What did Crick tell Watson they had found?

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