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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 definition of the term helix?
(a) Twirl
(b) Straight
(c) Spin
(d) Movement

2. Which of the following characters did Crick discuss his problems with the helix theory with?
(a) Watson
(b) Vand
(c) Cochran
(d) Sir Lawrence

3. Which of the following was NOT a reason that Watson was disheartened with Naples?
(a) Weather was cold
(b) He knew no one there
(c) There was no heating
(d) Biochemistry was still uninteresting

4. Which of the following had Pauling partially solved?
(a) Poliomyelitis
(b) Picture of crystallized DNA
(c) Crystallized helix poliomyelitis
(d) Structure of proteins

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes how Watson responded to Pauling's journal articles?

2. Which of the following is the best term for chains of nucleotides?

3. How many types of nucleotides are in DNA?

4. What did Crick and Watson have in common?

5. Which of the following did Odile NOT prefer?

(see the answer key)

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