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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following had happened which affected Watson's ability to relocate during his fellowship?
(a) His fellowship had run out of money
(b) A new chairman was named
(c) The person he wanted to switch to work with rejected his plan
(d) Transfers were not allowed under his fellowship agreement

3. At what university were both Crick and the author working in the opening chapter?
(a) Yale
(b) MIT
(c) Cambridge
(d) Harvard

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

5. Whose ideas did Rosy's research ignore?
(a) Crick's
(b) Cochran's
(c) Watson's
(d) Pauling's

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Watson think that most of the scientific community felt about DNA?

2. What is the purpose of the preface in this text?

3. Which of the following did Crick lack when it came to the type of research needed for a PhD thesis?

4. Which of the following best describes this type of novel?

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

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