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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is expected to come speak at a conference at the end of chapter sixteen?
(a) Pauling
(b) Crick
(c) Maurice
(d) Rosy

2. Who first excited Watson about using x-rays to study DNA?
(a) Perutz
(b) Wilkins
(c) Pauling
(d) Kalckar

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

4. How did Watson think that most of the scientific community felt about DNA?
(a) It was an ongoing project for most of them
(b) It was already solved
(c) It was unimportant
(d) It was the next great breakthrough

5. On what topic had Bragg, Kendrew and Perutz published a paper?
(a) Helical molecules
(b) Crystallographic chains
(c) Polypeptide chains
(d) Insulin dependent molecules

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Pauling held up when he was on his way to speak at the conference?

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

3. Which of the following did Watson and Crick add to the models which already existed within the Cambridge lab?

4. 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.

5. What began to interest Crick after his argument with Sir Lawrence?

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