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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.
(a) Modified
(b) Sweetened
(c) Lulled
(d) Alleviated

2. How does DNA carry information?
(a) Order of the nucleotides
(b) Multiple types of nucleotides
(c) Structure of DNA
(d) Binding of the nucleotides

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

4. Which of the following is the best term for chains of nucleotides?
(a) Seminucleotide chains
(b) Patterned nucleotide chains
(c) Polynucleotide chains
(d) Multinucleotide chains

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms best describes how Watson felt about chemistry BEFORE meeting Wilkins?

2. Why do you think Watson told the fellowship committee that his only real interest was crystallography?

3. Who first excited Watson about using x-rays to study DNA?

4. Which of the following characters wrote a paper describing his idea for the helix theory?

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

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