1. What topic was Linus Pauling studying?
(a) Why bacteria were able to reproduce
(b) How protein coils did not make helixes
(c) How to build a model of DNA
(d) How protein helixes created coils within coils

2. What did Bragg finally allow Watson to do?
(a) Invite Maurice to join Watson on the project
(b) Allow him to work with Pauling to refine his model
(c) Move to a new lab where he will continue his work on RNA
(d) Start working on DNA again

3. What had the Cavendish lab recently discovered?
(a) A model of DNA and RNA
(b) A new kind of X-ray tube
(c) The structure of RNA
(d) The structure of DNA

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

5. At what university were both Crick and the author working in the opening chapter?
(a) Cambridge
(b) Yale
(c) Harvard
(d) MIT

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms best describes how the English scientists felt about the United States refusing to allow Pauling to travel to London to speak at the conference?

2. Which of the following was NOT a reason that Watson was disheartened with Naples?

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

4. What does Watson hope to learn more about as he studies TMV?

5. Who did Pauling give copies of his manuscript which contained his new model of DNA?

(see the answer key)

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