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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) Exciting
(b) Worthless
(c) Worthwhile
(d) Intriguing

2. Which of the following terms describes how Watson felt about working at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge?
(a) Liked it
(b) Disliked it
(c) Love it
(d) Hated it

3. Which of the following words best describes Maurice as a scientist?
(a) Awkward
(b) Uncaring
(c) Belligerent
(d) Cautious

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

5. Where did Watson and Francis go for the weekend after Rosy's lecture?
(a) Cambridge
(b) Stockholm
(c) Oxford
(d) Copenhagen

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Watson and Crick purchase a copy of Pauling's book on chemical bonding?

2. Which of the following describes why Francis's wife was happy for him?

3. Which of the following had Pauling partially solved?

4. Which of the following characters was already working on the problem of DNA in London with Crick?

5. What happens when Watson is uninterested and unexcited?

(see the answer key)

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