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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 for relations as used in the following sentence: His biggest problem, though, was relations with Rosy, and he had to consider firing her.
(a) A person who is related by marriage or blood
(b) An existing connection
(c) A multiple valued function
(d) Narration

2. Which of the following people was the solution to Watson being able to study crystallography?
(a) Pauling
(b) Herman
(c) Kalckar
(d) Perutz

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Crick and Watson have in common?

2. What happens when Watson is uninterested and unexcited?

3. With whom did Watson want to work in Cambridge?

4. How many people does the preface indicate were involved in the discovery of the structure of DNA?

5. What did Wilkin's x-rays show?

(see the answer key)

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