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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who else did Watson invite to his friend's parents for Christmas?
(a) Bragg
(b) Sister
(c) Rosy
(d) Sister

2. Which of the following terms best describes the events at the meeting in Paris?
(a) Revealing
(b) Surprising
(c) Uneventful
(d) Problem solving

3. What did Watson diverge from his study of DNA to study?
(a) Models of proteins
(b) Coils of protein helixes
(c) Crystallograhy X-rays of RNA
(d) Sexes of bacteria

4. Which of the following was the problem with Pauling's model?
(a) DNA base was not acidic
(b) DNA acid was too acidic
(c) DNA base was now an acid
(d) DNA acid was not acidic

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many types of nucleotides are in DNA?

2. Which of the following best describes how Watson responded to Pauling's journal articles?

3. Which of the following people was the solution to Watson being able to study crystallography?

4. Where was Watson going to get the necessary pieces to construct his model?

5. What began to interest Crick after his argument with Sir Lawrence?

(see the answer key)

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