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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why couldn't Sir Lawrence remove Crick from the lab?
(a) Crick was pursuing his PhD at Cambridge and couldn't be fired
(b) Crick had proof that Sir Lawrence stole from him
(c) Sir Lawrence did not have the authority to remove Crick
(d) Crick had more friends in the lab than Sir Lawrence

2. What subject did Crick study as an undergraduate?
(a) Physics
(b) Biology
(c) Biochemistry
(d) Chemistry

3. What event diffused the tension and heat between Rosy and Watson?
(a) Rosy tearing up Pauling's work
(b) Maurice entering the lab
(c) Watson walking out of the lab
(d) Rosy assaulting Watson

4. Why did Watson have to leave the estate he was staying at over Christmas?
(a) To speak at a meeting in London
(b) To accept a new job
(c) To meet Crick to work on their project related to the structure of DNA
(d) To return to work

5. Which describes how Rosy seemed when Watson went to talk to her at King's lab about Pauling's faulty model?
(a) Resigned
(b) Supportive
(c) Confrontational
(d) Excitied

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 best describes Maurice and Rosy's working relationship?

3. Where did Watson go for Christmas?

4. What happened to Watson's fellowship?

5. What had Maurice been doing in secret in regards to Rosy?

(see the answer key)

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