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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 describes how Watson felt about working at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge?
(a) Hated it
(b) Love it
(c) Disliked it
(d) Liked it

2. What did Crick move on to work on after told to stop working on the model of DNA?
(a) Crystallography
(b) Helix structures
(c) His PhD thesis
(d) Nothing, he stopped working altogether

3. Which of the following was why Pauling never arrived in London?
(a) Health issues
(b) Breakthrough in his projects
(c) Incomplete travel records
(d) Political views

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

5. Whose ideas did Rosy's research ignore?
(a) Cochran's
(b) Watson's
(c) Pauling's
(d) Crick's

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Pauling held up when he was on his way to speak at the conference?

2. On what topic was Rosy's talk?

3. How did Maurice feel after hearing Rosy's presentation?

4. Which of the following describes how Bragg felt about Crick's behavior and attitude?

5. How does DNA carry information?

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