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

2. How does DNA carry information?
(a) Structure of DNA
(b) Multiple types of nucleotides
(c) Binding of the nucleotides
(d) Order of the nucleotides

3. Which of the following terms describes how Watson felt about working at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge?
(a) Love it
(b) Liked it
(c) Disliked it
(d) Hated it

4. What did Wilkin's x-rays show?
(a) Crystallized DNA
(b) Bone degradation
(c) Crystals taken from a mine
(d) Biological proof that DNA existed

5. What did Watson study after told to stop working on the model of DNA?
(a) His PhD thesis
(b) Biochemistry
(c) Chemistry
(d) Biology

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose ideas did Rosy's research ignore?

2. Which of the following was NOT a reason that Watson was disheartened with Naples?

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

4. Who convinced Bragg that Watson and Crick should not be working on the problem of the structure of DNA?

5. What was Maurice going to return to Watson?

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