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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following had Pauling partially solved?
(a) Poliomyelitis
(b) Crystallized helix poliomyelitis
(c) Structure of proteins
(d) Picture of crystallized DNA

2. Which of the following is Watson's interest?
(a) What are the crystallized images?
(b) Where is DNA stored?
(c) What is a gene?
(d) How does DNA crystallize?

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

4. Which of the following best describes this type of novel?
(a) Unauthorized autobiography
(b) Unauthorized biography
(c) Biography
(d) Autobiography

5. Which of the following terms best describes how Watson felt about chemistry BEFORE meeting Wilkins?
(a) Unmoved
(b) Lukewarm
(c) Excited
(d) Depressed

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT a reason that Watson was disheartened with Naples?

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. Which of the following was a new idea about the life of a scientist to Watson at the end of chapter five?

5. Which of the following people wrote the forward?

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