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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following terms best describes the events at the meeting in Paris?
(a) Problem solving
(b) Revealing
(c) Surprising
(d) Uneventful

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

3. What did Watson and Crick hope in regards to this new structure of DNA?
(a) They hoped to publish it before Pauling
(b) They hoped to develop the model based on his structure
(c) They hoped Pauling was wrong
(d) They hoped to expand on his knowledge

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

5. What did Watson study after told to stop working on the model of DNA?
(a) His PhD thesis
(b) Biochemistry
(c) Biology
(d) Chemistry

Short Answer Questions

1. What does TMV contain?

2. What happened to Watson's fellowship?

3. Where had Watson moved?

4. Why did Watson and Crick purchase a copy of Pauling's book on chemical bonding?

5. Which of the following was a new idea about the life of a scientist to Watson at the end of chapter five?

(see the answer key)

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