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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters was on the edge of being fired?

2. Which of the following best describes this type of novel?

3. Which of the following is the best definition for relations as used in the following sentence: His biggest problem, though, was relations with Rosy, and he had to consider firing her.

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

5. What did Wilkin's x-rays show?

(see the answer key)

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