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

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

3. What did Crick help to make when he worked for the government at the beginning of World War II?
(a) Magnetic mines
(b) Bullet proof vests
(c) Medical advances
(d) Ammunition

4. 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) To show his interest in biochemistry
(c) So they would understand his needs and desires
(d) So they would approve his transfer

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

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

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

8. Which of the following did Odile NOT prefer?
(a) Decorating
(b) Cooking
(c) Vogue
(d) The Times

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

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

11. 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

12. Which of the following is the best definition of the term abated?
(a) Fell off
(b) Increased
(c) Rose
(d) Ended

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which of the following was NOT a reason that Watson was disheartened with Naples?

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

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