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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 show Wilkins his crystallized images
(c) Wilkins would become his sister's suitor
(d) Watson would develop a new biochemistry technique

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

3. How many types of nucleotides are in DNA?
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 4

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. How did Cochran and Crick explain X-ray diffraction by helical molecules?
(a) Models
(b) Pictures
(c) Equations
(d) Detailed drawings

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following terms best describes how the meeting went with Rosy, Maurice, Watson and Crick?

3. Which of the following characters was on the edge of being fired?

4. Which of the following is the best definition of the term helix?

5. On what topic had Bragg, Kendrew and Perutz published a paper?

(see the answer key)

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