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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) Surprised
(b) Total agreement
(c) Protested
(d) Appalled

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

3. How many types of nucleotides are in DNA?
(a) 6
(b) 5
(c) 4
(d) 3

4. Which of the following characters attended Rosy's talk?
(a) Crick
(b) Watson
(c) Vand
(d) Sir Lawrence

5. What did Crick and Watson have in common?
(a) Protein structure knowledge
(b) Same amount of siblings
(c) Knowledge of crystallography
(d) Enthusiasm for DNA

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Maurice going to return to Watson?

2. What did Watson and Crick decide they would need in order to move forward?

3. Whose ideas did Rosy's research ignore?

4. What did Watson study after told to stop working on the model of DNA?

5. 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.

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