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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Maurice going to return to Watson?
(a) Models
(b) Paper on DNA
(c) Wire
(d) Molds

2. Which of the following describes how Bragg felt about Crick's behavior and attitude?
(a) Pleased
(b) Satisfied
(c) Annoyed
(d) Complimentary

3. 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) Surprised
(d) Protested

4. In what language were many of the lectures given that Watson attended?
(a) Italian
(b) English
(c) Latin
(d) French

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many types of nucleotides are in DNA?

2. How did Pauling discover his ?-helix structure?

3. Which of the following terms describes how Watson felt about working at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge?

4. What could be used to rule out some false starts of potential DNA structures?

5. Which of the following characters attended Rosy's talk?

(see the answer key)

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