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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the purpose of the preface in this text?
(a) To outline the main events of the book
(b) To define what type of book it is
(c) To introduce the characters
(d) To set the purpose and scope

3. How did Watson think that most of the scientific community felt about DNA?
(a) It was an ongoing project for most of them
(b) It was unimportant
(c) It was the next great breakthrough
(d) It was already solved

4. About how long did Crick think it would take he and Watson to narrow down the number of possible DNA structures?
(a) About a week
(b) About a day
(c) About a month
(d) About a year

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what language were many of the lectures given that Watson attended?

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

3. Which of the following best describes how Watson and Crick felt after Rosy and Maurice left?

4. Which of the following characters did Crick discuss his problems with the helix theory with?

5. Which of the following characters didn't believe that helices were the answer to the structure of DNA?

(see the answer key)

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