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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Personality conflicts
(c) Intellectual life
(d) Structure of DNA

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

3. What did Crick and Watson have in common?
(a) Protein structure knowledge
(b) Same amount of siblings
(c) Knowledge of crystallography
(d) Enthusiasm for DNA

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

5. How does DNA carry information?
(a) Binding of the nucleotides
(b) Order of the nucleotides
(c) Multiple types of nucleotides
(d) Structure of DNA

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following had Pauling partially solved?

2. How did Pauling discover his ?-helix structure?

3. Why was Watson kicked out of his rooming house?

4. Why do you think Watson told the fellowship committee that his only real interest was crystallography?

5. What fantasy did Watson have for how he would become involved in his work?

(see the answer key)

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