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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best describes how Watson and Crick felt after Rosy and Maurice left?
(a) More productive
(b) The same as they had felt before they came to review the model
(c) Despondent
(d) Excited about continuing

2. Where did the fellowship board want him to speak?
(a) United States
(b) Copenhagen
(c) Stockholm
(d) London

3. What began to interest Crick after his argument with Sir Lawrence?
(a) Proton Order and diffraction
(b) Diffraction of X-rays by helical molecules
(c) DNA
(d) X-rays of crystallized DNA molecules

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

5. Where did the Fellowship Board indicate Watson could transfer?
(a) Biochemistry with Markham
(b) Cell physiology lab in Stockholm
(c) Crystallography in Stockhom
(d) Crystallography lab in Cambridge

6. What did Watson study after told to stop working on the model of DNA?
(a) Chemistry
(b) Biology
(c) Biochemistry
(d) His PhD thesis

7. What did Watson and Crick decide they would need in order to move forward?
(a) A new model
(b) A fresh start
(c) A new colleague
(d) New X-rays

8. What is crystallography?
(a) Field responsible for making crystals
(b) Field responsible for crystallizing proteins
(c) Field responsible for creating X-rays of crystals
(d) Field responsible for breaking apart crystallized proteins

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

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

11. Who else did Watson invite to his friend's parents for Christmas?
(a) Sister
(b) Rosy
(c) Bragg
(d) Sister

12. Which of the following is Watson's interest?
(a) Where is DNA stored?
(b) How does DNA crystallize?
(c) What is a gene?
(d) What are the crystallized images?

13. Which of the following characters attended Rosy's talk?
(a) Vand
(b) Watson
(c) Sir Lawrence
(d) Crick

14. Which of the following people was the solution to Watson being able to study crystallography?
(a) Pauling
(b) Herman
(c) Perutz
(d) Kalckar

15. Who first excited Watson about using x-rays to study DNA?
(a) Kalckar
(b) Perutz
(c) Pauling
(d) Wilkins

Short Answer Questions

1. On what topic had Bragg, Kendrew and Perutz published a paper?

2. Which of the following characters didn't believe that helices were the answer to the structure of DNA?

3. Which of the following terms best describes the human dilemma of deciding to work against your colleague or behind their back?

4. What arrangement was did Watson work out with Markham?

5. Which of the following types of work was Watson enthusiastic about beginning?

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