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

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

3. Which of the following is the best definition of phages?
(a) Viruses which some scientists suspected were naked genetic material
(b) DNA
(c) Bacteria which some scientists suspected were naked genetic material
(d) Germs which some scientists suspected were naked genetic material

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

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters was already working on the problem of DNA in London with Crick?

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

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

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

5. What was Watson's main scientific interest?

(see the answer key)

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