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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what university were both Crick and the author working in the opening chapter?
(a) Cambridge
(b) Yale
(c) Harvard
(d) MIT

2. Which of the following terms best describes how the meeting went with Rosy, Maurice, Watson and Crick?
(a) Disappointing
(b) Supportive
(c) Exciting
(d) Realistically

3. Which of the following terms best describes how Rosy felt about Watson and Crick's ideas?
(a) Worthless
(b) Intriguing
(c) Worthwhile
(d) Exciting

4. Which of the following is the best synonym for pall as used in the following sentence: Rosy's attitude left a pall on the evening.
(a) Dark cloud
(b) Go sour
(c) Fade
(d) Diminish

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

6. What did Wilkin's x-rays show?
(a) Biological proof that DNA existed
(b) Bone degradation
(c) Crystals taken from a mine
(d) Crystallized DNA

7. About how long did Crick think it would take he and Watson to narrow down the number of possible DNA structures?
(a) About a year
(b) About a month
(c) About a day
(d) About a week

8. Which of the following had happened which affected Watson's ability to relocate during his fellowship?
(a) Transfers were not allowed under his fellowship agreement
(b) A new chairman was named
(c) The person he wanted to switch to work with rejected his plan
(d) His fellowship had run out of money

9. Which of the following characters was already working on the problem of DNA in London with Crick?
(a) Wilkins
(b) Watson
(c) Pauling
(d) Cavendish

10. Which of the following describes why Francis's wife was happy for him?
(a) She realized he had had an important breakthrough
(b) She saw that he was becoming good friends with Watson
(c) She totally understood all of his work
(d) She knew his long hours would soon be over

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

12. Which of the following terms best describes the human dilemma of deciding to work against your colleague or behind their back?
(a) Realism
(b) Plagerism
(c) Ethics
(d) Stealing

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

14. Which of the following best describes how Watson responded to Pauling's journal articles?
(a) Watson despised Pauling's articles
(b) Watson was jealous of Pauling
(c) They were over Watson's head
(d) Watson disagreed with Pauling's articles

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following best describes this type of novel?

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

4. What did Crick move on to work on after told to stop working on the model of DNA?

5. How did Watson and Crick respond to Bragg when he told them to stop working on the structure of DNA?

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