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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characters was on the edge of being fired?
(a) Crick
(b) Franklin
(c) Pauling
(d) Watson

2. Who else did Watson invite to his friend's parents for Christmas?
(a) Rosy
(b) Sister
(c) Bragg
(d) Sister

3. Who is expected to come speak at a conference at the end of chapter sixteen?
(a) Pauling
(b) Crick
(c) Rosy
(d) Maurice

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

5. Why was Watson trying to make crystallographic X-rays of TMV?
(a) To show that the work was worthwhile
(b) To showTMV had helically stacked protein
(c) To show that RNA was the same as DNA
(d) To show that TMV had DNA

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why couldn't Sir Lawrence remove Crick from the lab?

3. How many people does the preface indicate were involved in the discovery of the structure of DNA?

4. What shape was Watson trying to prove TMV was?

5. Which of the following terms best describes how Rosy felt about Watson and Crick's ideas?

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