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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 was NOT a reason that Watson was disheartened with Naples?
(a) Biochemistry was still uninteresting
(b) Weather was cold
(c) There was no heating
(d) He knew no one there

2. 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) Stealing
(d) Realism

3. Which of the following people wrote the forward?
(a) Max Perutz
(b) Sir Lawrence Bragg
(c) Francis Crick
(d) James Watson

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

5. What is the purpose of the preface in this text?
(a) To set the purpose and scope
(b) To introduce the characters
(c) To define what type of book it is
(d) To outline the main events of the book

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms best describes how Watson felt about chemistry BEFORE meeting Wilkins?

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

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

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 words best describes Maurice as a scientist?

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