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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 did Crick lack when it came to the type of research needed for a PhD thesis?
(a) Knowledge
(b) Drive
(c) Perseverance
(d) Patience

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

3. Which of the following terms best describes how Watson felt about chemistry BEFORE meeting Wilkins?
(a) Lukewarm
(b) Unmoved
(c) Depressed
(d) Excited

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

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

6. What specifically was wrong with Watson and Crick's model so that it disagreed with Rosy's research?
(a) Water level number was different
(b) Not enough chains
(c) Had three helices
(d) Too many chains

7. Which of the following subjects was Herman uninterested in?
(a) Biology
(b) Biochemistry
(c) Genetics
(d) Chemistry

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

9. How much less money was his new fellowship offer for?
(a) $1,000
(b) $2,000
(c) $500
(d) No less money

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

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

12. Why did Watson have to leave the estate he was staying at over Christmas?
(a) To meet Crick to work on their project related to the structure of DNA
(b) To accept a new job
(c) To speak at a meeting in London
(d) To return to work

13. How did Watson think that most of the scientific community felt about DNA?
(a) It was an ongoing project for most of them
(b) It was already solved
(c) It was the next great breakthrough
(d) It was unimportant

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

15. What was Watson's main scientific interest?
(a) The scientific process
(b) DNA
(c) Human relations
(d) RNA

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people does the preface indicate were involved in the discovery of the structure of DNA?

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

3. 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.

4. Who convinced Bragg that Watson and Crick should not be working on the problem of the structure of DNA?

5. What did Crick help to make when he worked for the government at the beginning of World War II?

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