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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Watson hope to learn more about as he studies TMV?
(a) DNA
(b) Crystallography
(c) X-rays
(d) RNA

2. Which of the following characters wrote a paper describing his idea for the helix theory?
(a) Vand
(b) Sir Lawrence
(c) Watson
(d) Crick

3. Who has developed a structure of DNA in chapter twenty-one?
(a) Linus Pauling
(b) Rosy
(c) Crick
(d) Watson

4. With whom did Watson want to work in Cambridge?
(a) Maurice Wilkins
(b) Sir Lawrence Bragg
(c) Linus Pauling
(d) Roy Markahm

5. Why was Watson kicked out of his rooming house?
(a) For making noise at night and going out after 10:00 pm
(b) For making too much noise during the day
(c) For inviting friends to come and stay with him
(d) For not paying the rent

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Crick feel about Watson's work on bacteria reproduction?

2. Where was Pauling held up when he was on his way to speak at the conference?

3. Which of the following terms describes how Watson felt about working at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge?

4. Which of the following terms best describes how the English scientists felt about the United States refusing to allow Pauling to travel to London to speak at the conference?

5. Which of the following did Watson and Crick add to the models which already existed within the Cambridge lab?

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