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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Pauling discover his ?-helix structure?
(a) By taking X-rays and placing them on top of each other
(b) By taking atoms and gluing them together with photons
(c) By fitting together models of groups of atoms that liked to link together
(d) By fitting X-rays together into specific groups

2. Which of the following people was the solution to Watson being able to study crystallography?
(a) Perutz
(b) Pauling
(c) Herman
(d) Kalckar

3. Where was Pauling's lab?
(a) London
(b) New Jersey
(c) Stockholm
(d) Pasadena

4. Why did Watson and Crick purchase a copy of Pauling's book on chemical bonding?
(a) It had a model of DNA in it
(b) It had information in it about Pauling's assistant Rosy
(c) It contained information they needed to build a model of DNA
(d) It had a foreward written by Dorothy Hodgkin, a leading researcher into crystallography

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Watson and Crick meet Chargaff?

2. When would Watson and Crick be able to understand the configuration of inorganic ions?

3. Which of the following best describes how Watson responded to Pauling's journal articles?

4. Which of the following subjects was Herman uninterested in?

5. How much less money was his new fellowship offer for?

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