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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 does NOT describe Pauling as seen through Watson's eyes?
(a) Brillant
(b) Poor writer
(c) Dynamic speaker
(d) Admired

2. Which of the following is the best term for chains of nucleotides?
(a) Multinucleotide chains
(b) Patterned nucleotide chains
(c) Polynucleotide chains
(d) Seminucleotide chains

3. Which of the following is the best synonym for assuaged as it is used in the following sentence? Watson's conscious was somewhat assuaged, when Herman revealed that he was going through a divorce.
(a) Alleviated
(b) Sweetened
(c) Lulled
(d) Modified

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

5. Who shared an office with Watson and Crick?
(a) Linus Pauling
(b) Chargraff
(c) Rosy
(d) Sir Lawrence

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Maurice feel after hearing Rosy's presentation?

2. Which of the following is the best definition of the term helix?

3. Why did Watson have to leave the estate he was staying at over Christmas?

4. What did Crick and Watson have in common?

5. Which describes how Rosy seemed when Watson went to talk to her at King's lab about Pauling's faulty model?

(see the answer key)

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