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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following terms best describes how the English scientists felt about the United States refusing to allow Pauling to travel to London to speak at the conference?
(a) Total agreement
(b) Appalled
(c) Protested
(d) Surprised

2. Who convinced Bragg that Watson and Crick should not be working on the problem of the structure of DNA?
(a) Rosy's boss
(b) Bragg's boss
(c) Maurice's boss
(d) Crick's boss

3. What happens when Watson is uninterested and unexcited?
(a) He stops working
(b) He looks for a woman to keep him company
(c) He drinks
(d) He concentrates on the wrong things

4. How did Pauling discover his ?-helix structure?
(a) By taking atoms and gluing them together with photons
(b) By taking X-rays and placing them on top of each other
(c) By fitting together models of groups of atoms that liked to link together
(d) By fitting X-rays together into specific groups

5. Which of the following was Senator McCarthy investigating?
(a) Socialism
(b) Anti-semitism
(c) Terrorism
(d) Communism

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wilkin's x-rays show?

2. Which of the following characteristics best describes how Watson viewed the conference in London?

3. Which of the following is the best synonym for pall as used in the following sentence: Rosy's attitude left a pall on the evening.

4. How did Watson and Crick respond to Bragg when he told them to stop working on the structure of DNA?

5. What fantasy did Watson have for how he would become involved in his work?

(see the answer key)

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