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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Watson have to leave the estate he was staying at over Christmas?
(a) To accept a new job
(b) To speak at a meeting in London
(c) To meet Crick to work on their project related to the structure of DNA
(d) To return to work

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

3. Which of the following best describes Maurice and Rosy's working relationship?
(a) Symbiotic
(b) Difficult
(c) Supportive
(d) Collegial

4. What does TMV stand for?
(a) Thrombosis Making Virus
(b) Tobacco Motive Virus
(c) Tobacco Mosaic Virus
(d) Tomal Missing Virus

5. Who identified the major fundamental flaw in Linus Pauling's model of DNA?
(a) Sir Lawrence
(b) Watson
(c) Rosy
(d) Pauling's father

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject did Crick study as an undergraduate?

2. Where was Watson going to get the necessary pieces to construct his model?

3. Where had Watson moved?

4. What shape was Watson trying to prove TMV was?

5. Where was Pauling's lab?

(see the answer key)

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