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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does DNA carry information?
(a) Structure of DNA
(b) Order of the nucleotides
(c) Multiple types of nucleotides
(d) Binding of the nucleotides

2. Which of the following characters didn't believe that helices were the answer to the structure of DNA?
(a) Watson
(b) Rosy
(c) Crick
(d) Maurice

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

4. Which of the following is the best definition of phages?
(a) Germs which some scientists suspected were naked genetic material
(b) Bacteria which some scientists suspected were naked genetic material
(c) DNA
(d) Viruses which some scientists suspected were naked genetic material

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

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

7. Which of the following is the best definition of the term helix?
(a) Twirl
(b) Spin
(c) Movement
(d) Straight

8. What did Crick and Watson have in common?
(a) Enthusiasm for DNA
(b) Same amount of siblings
(c) Protein structure knowledge
(d) Knowledge of crystallography

9. Why do you think Watson told the fellowship committee that his only real interest was crystallography?
(a) To convince them to let him work with Markham
(b) So they would understand his needs and desires
(c) So they would approve his transfer
(d) To show his interest in biochemistry

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

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

12. Which of the following terms describes how Watson felt about working at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge?
(a) Disliked it
(b) Hated it
(c) Love it
(d) Liked it

13. Which of the following events interrupted Crick's interest in DNA?
(a) Conflict in the lab
(b) Personal health issue
(c) Marriage
(d) Death in his family

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

15. Where did Watson go for Christmas?
(a) Carradale
(b) Stockholm
(c) London
(d) Cambridge

Short Answer Questions

1. What fantasy did Watson have for how he would become involved in his work?

2. Which of the following best describes how Watson and Crick felt after Rosy and Maurice left?

3. By the end of chapter twelve, how many chains had Watson and Crick determined would fit with the X-ray images?

4. What began to interest Crick after his argument with Sir Lawrence?

5. Which of the following is the best term for chains of nucleotides?

(see the answer keys)

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