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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is crystallography?
(a) Field responsible for creating X-rays of crystals
(b) Field responsible for crystallizing proteins
(c) Field responsible for making crystals
(d) Field responsible for breaking apart crystallized proteins

2. Which of the following words best describes Maurice as a scientist?
(a) Awkward
(b) Uncaring
(c) Cautious
(d) Belligerent

3. What began to interest Crick after his argument with Sir Lawrence?
(a) Diffraction of X-rays by helical molecules
(b) DNA
(c) X-rays of crystallized DNA molecules
(d) Proton Order and diffraction

4. Which of the following best describes how Watson responded to Pauling's journal articles?
(a) Watson despised Pauling's articles
(b) Watson was jealous of Pauling
(c) They were over Watson's head
(d) Watson disagreed with Pauling's articles

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Watson is uninterested and unexcited?

2. Which of the following did Odile NOT prefer?

3. Which of the following is the best definition of the term helix?

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

5. How did Pauling discover his ?-helix structure?

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