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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Watson was assembling pieces of the model, Crick was doing what?
(a) Adding wire to the existent models
(b) Reading from Pauling's book
(c) Making his own models
(d) Reviewing X-ray images

2. In what language were many of the lectures given that Watson attended?
(a) English
(b) Latin
(c) French
(d) Italian

3. Who offered Watson a job at Cal-Tech?
(a) Max Delbruck
(b) Sir Lawrence
(c) Pauling
(d) Chargaff

4. What was the fundamental flaw in Linus Pauling's model of DNA?
(a) The phosphate molecules were not ionized
(b) The phosphate molecules were ionized
(c) He relayed that there were four helixes
(d) He could not identify the number of helixes

5. What happens when Watson is uninterested and unexcited?
(a) He concentrates on the wrong things
(b) He drinks
(c) He looks for a woman to keep him company
(d) He stops working

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was taken with Watson's sister?

2. What does TMV contain?

3. Who is expected to come speak at a conference at the end of chapter sixteen?

4. Where did Watson and Crick meet Chargaff?

5. Who first excited Watson about using x-rays to study DNA?

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