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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Crick help to make when he worked for the government at the beginning of World War II?
(a) Ammunition
(b) Bullet proof vests
(c) Medical advances
(d) Magnetic mines

2. Who confirmed Watson's finding that TMV was indeed a helix?
(a) Maurice
(b) Crick
(c) Rosy
(d) Pauling

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

4. Which of the following is the best definition of phages?
(a) Viruses which some scientists suspected were naked genetic material
(b) DNA
(c) Germs which some scientists suspected were naked genetic material
(d) Bacteria which some scientists suspected were naked genetic material

5. Which of the following best describes how Watson and Crick felt after Rosy and Maurice left?
(a) More productive
(b) The same as they had felt before they came to review the model
(c) Despondent
(d) Excited about continuing

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following characteristics best describes how Watson viewed the conference in London?

3. What happens when Watson is uninterested and unexcited?

4. About how long did Crick think it would take he and Watson to narrow down the number of possible DNA structures?

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

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