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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Watson go for Christmas?
(a) Cambridge
(b) Stockholm
(c) Carradale
(d) London

2. Which of the following best describes this type of novel?
(a) Biography
(b) Unauthorized autobiography
(c) Unauthorized biography
(d) Autobiography

3. Which of the following was a new idea about the life of a scientist to Watson at the end of chapter five?
(a) Social life
(b) Personality conflicts
(c) Structure of DNA
(d) Intellectual life

4. What shape was Watson trying to prove TMV was?
(a) Octagonal
(b) Helical
(c) Cylindrical
(d) Hexical

5. Which of the following characteristics best describes how Watson viewed the conference in London?
(a) Enlightening
(b) Uneventful
(c) Rigid
(d) Exciting

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms best describes how Watson felt about chemistry BEFORE meeting Wilkins?

2. Which of the following is the best synonym for pall as used in the following sentence: Rosy's attitude left a pall on the evening.

3. Which of the following terms best describes how the meeting went with Rosy, Maurice, Watson and Crick?

4. What had the Cavendish lab recently discovered?

5. Why did Watson have to leave the estate he was staying at over Christmas?

(see the answer key)

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