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

2. Which of the following characters was on the edge of being fired?
(a) Pauling
(b) Crick
(c) Franklin
(d) Watson

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

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

5. Which of the following subjects was Herman uninterested in?
(a) Biochemistry
(b) Biology
(c) Genetics
(d) Chemistry

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes how Watson responded to Pauling's journal articles?

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

3. Which of the following words best describes Maurice as a scientist?

4. What happens when Watson is uninterested and unexcited?

5. What did Crick and Watson have in common?

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