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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what university were both Crick and the author working in the opening chapter?
(a) Yale
(b) Harvard
(c) MIT
(d) Cambridge

2. Who first excited Watson about using x-rays to study DNA?
(a) Pauling
(b) Kalckar
(c) Perutz
(d) Wilkins

3. Which of the following characters was already working on the problem of DNA in London with Crick?
(a) Wilkins
(b) Pauling
(c) Cavendish
(d) Watson

4. What happens when Watson is uninterested and unexcited?
(a) He stops working
(b) He drinks
(c) He looks for a woman to keep him company
(d) He concentrates on the wrong things

5. Which of the following was a new idea about the life of a scientist to Watson at the end of chapter five?
(a) Social life
(b) Intellectual life
(c) Personality conflicts
(d) Structure of DNA

Short Answer Questions

1. In what language were many of the lectures given that Watson attended?

2. Which of the following subjects did Watson avoid during his graduate work?

3. Which of the following is Watson's interest?

4. How many people does the preface indicate were involved in the discovery of the structure of DNA?

5. Which of the following does NOT describe Pauling as seen through Watson's eyes?

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