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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 was NOT a reason that Watson was disheartened with Naples?
(a) He knew no one there
(b) Weather was cold
(c) There was no heating
(d) Biochemistry was still uninteresting

2. Which of the following people wrote the forward?
(a) James Watson
(b) Sir Lawrence Bragg
(c) Francis Crick
(d) Max Perutz

3. Which of the following is the best definition of the term helix?
(a) Spin
(b) Straight
(c) Twirl
(d) Movement

4. Which of the following characters attended Rosy's talk?
(a) Watson
(b) Crick
(c) Vand
(d) Sir Lawrence

5. Which of the following events interrupted Crick's interest in DNA?
(a) Personal health issue
(b) Death in his family
(c) Conflict in the lab
(d) Marriage

Short Answer Questions

1. What does TMV contain?

2. Why was Watson trying to make crystallographic X-rays of TMV?

3. What happens when Watson is uninterested and unexcited?

4. Whom did Watson compare Crick to when talking to Delbruck?

5. How did Cochran and Crick explain X-ray diffraction by helical molecules?

(see the answer key)

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