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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where did Watson go for Christmas?
(a) Stockholm
(b) London
(c) Carradale
(d) Cambridge

Short Answer Questions

1. Which describes how Rosy seemed when Watson went to talk to her at King's lab about Pauling's faulty model?

2. What subject did Crick study as an undergraduate?

3. Why couldn't Sir Lawrence remove Crick from the lab?

4. Where did the fellowship board want him to speak?

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

(see the answer key)

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