Free The Double Helix Quiz

1)

Which of the following is the best term for chains of nucleotides? (from Chapter 11)

Patterned nucleotide chains

Seminucleotide chains

Multinucleotide chains

Polynucleotide chains

2)

How did Pauling feel about Watson and Crick's model? (from Chapter 29)

Angered

Thrilled

Depressed

Argumentative

3)

Where were Maurice and Rosy from? (from Chapter 13)

King's College

Cambridge Lab

Stockholm College

Copenhagen University

4)

While Watson was assembling pieces of the model, Crick was doing what? (from Chapter 12)

Adding wire to the existent models

Making his own models

Reading from Pauling's book

Reviewing X-ray images

5)

What did Crick move on to work on after told to stop working on the model of DNA? (from Chapter 14)

Nothing, he stopped working altogether

Helix structures

His PhD thesis

Crystallography

6)

Which of the following was why Pauling never arrived in London? (from Chapter 17)

Health issues

Political views

Incomplete travel records

Breakthrough in his projects

7)

What had Watson asked of Delbruck? (from Chapter 29)

To be sure and tell Pauling

To display the model at Cal-Tech

To spread the word throughout the scientific community

Not to tell Pauling about the new model

8)

How old was Rosy when she died? (from Epilogue)

25

54

37

60

9)

Who is expected to come speak at a conference at the end of chapter sixteen? (from Chapter 16)

Maurice

Crick

Rosy

Pauling

10)

Which of the following terms best describes how the meeting went with Rosy, Maurice, Watson and Crick? (from Chapter 13)

Supportive

Realistically

Disappointing

Exciting

11)

What had Rosy surrounded DNA with in the B photograph? (from Chapter 23)

RNA

Crystals

Ice

Water

12)

What shape was Watson trying to prove TMV was? (from Chapter 18)

Helical

Hexical

Cylindrical

Octagonal

13)

How did Watson and Crick respond to Bragg when he told them to stop working on the structure of DNA? (from Chapter 14)

Worked in the lab on the problem against his directive

Didn't try to change his decision

Begged him to be allowed to continue to work on the problem

Tried to convince him to change his mind

14)

The base pairs Watson had developed after lunch were the same as the sets of bases that appeared whose work? (from Chapter 26)

Chargraff's work

Pauling's work

Maurice's work

Rosy's work

15)

By the end of chapter twelve, how many chains had Watson and Crick determined would fit with the X-ray images? (from Chapter 12)

4

2

5

3

16)

Which of the following was the problem with Pauling's model? (from Chapter 22)

DNA acid was not acidic

DNA base was not acidic

DNA base was now an acid

DNA acid was too acidic

17)

When Watson constructed models of the bases what was the same about a pair? (from Chapter 26)

Shape

Number

Size

Appearance

18)

Who arrived at Cambridge as a student? (from Chapter 20)

Chargraff

Rosy

Pauling's son

Sir Lawrence's daughter

19)

What happened when King's lab began comparing their experimental results to the double helix structure? (from Chapter 28)

They found a major flaw

They supported the model

They refuted the model

They debated it's accuracy

20)

How does Watson end his book? (from Epilogue)

By reporting the importance of his discovery

By discussing what the various people involved in the discovery of the structure of DNA are doing at the time of the writing

By taking all of the credit in the discovery of the structure of DNA

By sharing the credit in the discovery of the structure of DNA with Crick

21)

Why was Watson trying to make crystallographic X-rays of TMV? (from Chapter 16)

To show that the work was worthwhile

To show that RNA was the same as DNA

To show that TMV had DNA

To showTMV had helically stacked protein

22)

What did Watson and Crick hope in regards to this new structure of DNA? (from Chapter 21)

They hoped Pauling was wrong

They hoped to expand on his knowledge

They hoped to develop the model based on his structure

They hoped to publish it before Pauling

23)

What had the Cavendish lab recently discovered? (from Chapter 18)

A model of DNA and RNA

The structure of RNA

A new kind of X-ray tube

The structure of DNA

24)

Which of the following best describes how Watson felt upon realizing that Pauling's model was flawed? (from Chapter 22)

Surprised

Dejected

Relieved

Enthusiastic

25)

Which of the following did Watson and Crick add to the models which already existed within the Cambridge lab? (from Chapter 12)

Copper wire

Aluminum wire

Tin wire

Steel wire

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