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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Maurice feel after hearing Rosy's presentation?
(a) Deflated
(b) Reborn
(c) Angered
(d) Pleased

3. How did Watson think that most of the scientific community felt about DNA?
(a) It was already solved
(b) It was an ongoing project for most of them
(c) It was unimportant
(d) It was the next great breakthrough

4. Which of the following was NOT a reason that Watson was disheartened with Naples?
(a) Weather was cold
(b) He knew no one there
(c) Biochemistry was still uninteresting
(d) There was no heating

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Watson is uninterested and unexcited?

4. Which of the following is Watson's interest?

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

(see the answer key)

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