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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 subjects did Watson avoid during his graduate work?
(a) Biochemistry
(b) Biology
(c) Genetics
(d) Chemisty

2. Which of the following was a new idea about the life of a scientist to Watson at the end of chapter five?
(a) Intellectual life
(b) Personality conflicts
(c) Structure of DNA
(d) Social life

3. What happened to Watson's fellowship?
(a) Reauthorized
(b) Cancelled
(c) Extended
(d) Approved

4. Which of the following types of work was Watson enthusiastic about beginning?
(a) Work with X-rays of helices
(b) Work with Crick on X-ray photographs
(c) Work with the different possible molecular models of DNA
(d) Work with crystallography

5. Where did Watson and Francis go for the weekend after Rosy's lecture?
(a) Stockholm
(b) Oxford
(c) Copenhagen
(d) Cambridge

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

7. Which of the following did Watson and Crick add to the models which already existed within the Cambridge lab?
(a) Steel wire
(b) Aluminum wire
(c) Copper wire
(d) Tin wire

8. Which of the following was NOT a reason that Watson was disheartened with Naples?
(a) He knew no one there
(b) Weather was cold
(c) Biochemistry was still uninteresting
(d) There was no heating

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

10. What fantasy did Watson have for how he would become involved in his work?
(a) Watson would develop a new biochemistry technique
(b) Wilkins would become his sister's suitor
(c) Watson would show Wilkins his crystallized images
(d) Watson would transfer his postgraduate fellowship to Wilkins

11. What could be used to rule out some false starts of potential DNA structures?
(a) Nucleotides
(b) X-ray pictures of DNA crystals
(c) 3-dimensional figures of DNA
(d) Binding agents

12. Who convinced Bragg that Watson and Crick should not be working on the problem of the structure of DNA?
(a) Rosy's boss
(b) Maurice's boss
(c) Bragg's boss
(d) Crick's boss

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

14. Why did Watson and Crick purchase a copy of Pauling's book on chemical bonding?
(a) It contained information they needed to build a model of DNA
(b) It had information in it about Pauling's assistant Rosy
(c) It had a model of DNA in it
(d) It had a foreward written by Dorothy Hodgkin, a leading researcher into crystallography

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following people was the solution to Watson being able to study crystallography?

2. Which of the following characters attended Rosy's talk?

3. Which of the following characters was already working on the problem of DNA in London with Crick?

4. Which of the following did Crick lack when it came to the type of research needed for a PhD thesis?

5. How many types of nucleotides are in DNA?

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