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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who offered Watson a job at Cal-Tech?
(a) Max Delbruck
(b) Chargaff
(c) Pauling
(d) Sir Lawrence

2. Which of the following characteristics best describes how Watson viewed the conference in London?
(a) Uneventful
(b) Rigid
(c) Exciting
(d) Enlightening

3. Which of the following describes how Bragg felt about Crick's behavior and attitude?
(a) Satisfied
(b) Complimentary
(c) Annoyed
(d) Pleased

4. What did Crick move on to work on after told to stop working on the model of DNA?
(a) His PhD thesis
(b) Nothing, he stopped working altogether
(c) Crystallography
(d) Helix structures

5. Which of the following terms best describes the human dilemma of deciding to work against your colleague or behind their back?
(a) Ethics
(b) Plagerism
(c) Realism
(d) Stealing

Short Answer Questions

1. Who else did Watson invite to his friend's parents for Christmas?

2. Which of the following terms best describes the events at the meeting in Paris?

3. Which of the following was the problem with Pauling's model?

4. Which of the following characters wrote a paper describing his idea for the helix theory?

5. Who did Pauling give copies of his manuscript which contained his new model of DNA?

(see the answer key)

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