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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 characters attended Rosy's talk?
(a) Vand
(b) Watson
(c) Crick
(d) Sir Lawrence

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

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

4. 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) Helix structures
(c) His PhD thesis
(d) Crystallography

5. What fantasy did Watson have for how he would become involved in his work?
(a) Watson would show Wilkins his crystallized images
(b) Watson would develop a new biochemistry technique
(c) Wilkins would become his sister's suitor
(d) Watson would transfer his postgraduate fellowship to Wilkins

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose ideas did Rosy's research ignore?

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

3. Which of the following was why Pauling never arrived in London?

4. Which of the following was Senator McCarthy investigating?

5. What happens when Watson is uninterested and unexcited?

(see the answer key)

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