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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Watson is uninterested and unexcited?
(a) He stops working
(b) He concentrates on the wrong things
(c) He looks for a woman to keep him company
(d) He drinks

2. In what language were many of the lectures given that Watson attended?
(a) French
(b) English
(c) Latin
(d) Italian

3. With whom did Watson want to work in Cambridge?
(a) Maurice Wilkins
(b) Linus Pauling
(c) Roy Markahm
(d) Sir Lawrence Bragg

4. What is crystallography?
(a) Field responsible for crystallizing proteins
(b) Field responsible for breaking apart crystallized proteins
(c) Field responsible for creating X-rays of crystals
(d) Field responsible for making crystals

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the best definition of phages?

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

3. Which of the following people wrote the forward?

4. What did Crick and Watson have in common?

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

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