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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 multiple valued function
(b) A person who is related by marriage or blood
(c) An existing connection
(d) Narration

4. What fantasy did Watson have for how he would become involved in his work?
(a) Watson would transfer his postgraduate fellowship to Wilkins
(b) Watson would develop a new biochemistry technique
(c) Watson would show Wilkins his crystallized images
(d) Wilkins would become his sister's suitor

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Watson is uninterested and unexcited?

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

3. Which of the following people wrote the forward?

4. What is crystallography?

5. In what year did the author meet Crick?

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