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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What had Rosy surrounded DNA with in the B photograph?
(a) Ice
(b) Water
(c) RNA
(d) Crystals

3. Why did Watson believe that DNA would be a two-chain?
(a) Crick had found 2 chains in previous research
(b) Picture showed 2 chains
(c) Pauling's model was wrong
(d) Things in biology come in pairs

4. Which of the following events interrupted Crick's interest in DNA?
(a) Conflict in the lab
(b) Personal health issue
(c) Marriage
(d) Death in his family

5. Which describes how Rosy seemed when Watson went to talk to her at King's lab about Pauling's faulty model?
(a) Supportive
(b) Resigned
(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. Who else did Watson invite to his friend's parents for Christmas?

3. What subject did Crick study as an undergraduate?

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

5. What event diffused the tension and heat between Rosy and Watson?

(see the answer key)

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