View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. Which of the following is Watson's interest?
(a) Where is DNA stored?
(b) What is a gene?
(c) What are the crystallized images?
(d) How does DNA crystallize?

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

4. In what language were many of the lectures given that Watson attended?
(a) Italian
(b) Latin
(c) English
(d) French

5. Which of the following does NOT describe Pauling as seen through Watson's eyes?
(a) Dynamic speaker
(b) Poor writer
(c) Admired
(d) Brillant

Short Answer Questions

1. What specifically was wrong with Watson and Crick's model so that it disagreed with Rosy's research?

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

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

4. How much faster was Watson able to take pictures with the new X-ray tube?

5. When would Watson go to Cal-Tech?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 204 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample