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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose ideas did Rosy's research ignore?
(a) Cochran's
(b) Watson's
(c) Crick's
(d) Pauling's

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

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

4. On what topic had Bragg, Kendrew and Perutz published a paper?
(a) Crystallographic chains
(b) Insulin dependent molecules
(c) Polypeptide chains
(d) Helical molecules

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

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

7. When would Watson and Crick be able to understand the configuration of inorganic ions?
(a) As they added details to the models
(b) Before the phosphorus atoms were completed
(c) When they understood the final structure
(d) When they received the new model components

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

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

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

11. What did Crick move on to work on after told to stop working on the model of DNA?
(a) Helix structures
(b) Crystallography
(c) His PhD thesis
(d) Nothing, he stopped working altogether

12. Which of the following characters was on the edge of being fired?
(a) Watson
(b) Crick
(c) Pauling
(d) Franklin

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

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

15. What happens when Watson is uninterested and unexcited?
(a) He concentrates on the wrong things
(b) He drinks
(c) He looks for a woman to keep him company
(d) He stops working

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following events interrupted Crick's interest in DNA?

2. Which of the following characters did Crick discuss his problems with the helix theory with?

3. Why couldn't Sir Lawrence remove Crick from the lab?

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

5. What arrangement was did Watson work out with Markham?

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