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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following terms best describes how Rosy felt about Watson and Crick's ideas?
(a) Intriguing
(b) Exciting
(c) Worthless
(d) Worthwhile

2. By the end of chapter twelve, how many chains had Watson and Crick determined would fit with the X-ray images?
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 2
(d) 4

3. Which of the following describes why Francis's wife was happy for him?
(a) She knew his long hours would soon be over
(b) She realized he had had an important breakthrough
(c) She totally understood all of his work
(d) She saw that he was becoming good friends with Watson

4. Which of the following subjects did Watson avoid during his graduate work?
(a) Chemisty
(b) Biochemistry
(c) Genetics
(d) Biology

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following had Pauling partially solved?

4. When would Watson and Crick be able to understand the configuration of inorganic ions?

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

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