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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 characters was on the edge of being fired?
(a) Watson
(b) Crick
(c) Franklin
(d) Pauling

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

3. What subject did Crick study as an undergraduate?
(a) Chemistry
(b) Physics
(c) Biochemistry
(d) Biology

4. What event diffused the tension and heat between Rosy and Watson?
(a) Rosy assaulting Watson
(b) Rosy tearing up Pauling's work
(c) Watson walking out of the lab
(d) Maurice entering the lab

5. Which of the following describes why Francis's wife was happy for him?
(a) She saw that he was becoming good friends with Watson
(b) She totally understood all of his work
(c) She knew his long hours would soon be over
(d) She realized he had had an important breakthrough

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Watson and Crick meet Chargaff?

2. Where did Watson see Chargaff for the second time but they did not speak?

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

4. Who offered Watson a job at Cal-Tech?

5. Which of the following is the best synonym for assuaged as it is used in the following sentence? Watson's conscious was somewhat assuaged, when Herman revealed that he was going through a divorce.

(see the answer key)

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