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

2. Where did Watson see Chargaff for the second time but they did not speak?
(a) London at a conference with Pauling
(b) International Biochemical Congress in Paris
(c) In Stockholm at a conference on crystallography
(d) Cambridge at the lab

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

4. Where did Watson go for Christmas?
(a) Stockholm
(b) Cambridge
(c) London
(d) Carradale

5. Which of the following best describes how Watson felt upon realizing that Pauling's model was flawed?
(a) Surprised
(b) Dejected
(c) Enthusiastic
(d) Relieved

Short Answer Questions

1. What does TMV contain?

2. How did Maurice answer when asked if he minded Watson and Crick working on the structure of DNA?

3. What topic was Linus Pauling studying?

4. What specifically was wrong with Watson and Crick's model so that it disagreed with Rosy's research?

5. Which of the following does NOT describe Pauling as seen through Watson's eyes?

(see the answer key)

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