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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 does NOT describe Pauling as seen through Watson's eyes?
(a) Brillant
(b) Poor writer
(c) Dynamic speaker
(d) Admired

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

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

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

5. Which of the following terms best describes how Watson felt about chemistry BEFORE meeting Wilkins?
(a) Depressed
(b) Lukewarm
(c) Excited
(d) Unmoved

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms describes how Watson felt about working at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge?

2. Which of the following people wrote the forward?

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

4. Which of the following is the best synonym for assuaged as it is used in the following sentence? Watson's conscious was somewhat assuaged, when Herman revealed that he was going through a divorce.

5. In what year did the author meet Crick?

(see the answer key)

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