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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The epilogue can best be described as which of the following?
(a) A celebration of their winning the Nobel Prize
(b) A summary of the book
(c) An apology for how Rosy was perceived throughout his career
(d) A short chapter reaffirming the importance of their work

2. How much progress did Crick make?
(a) A little
(b) None
(c) A lot
(d) Significant

3. How does Watson end his book?
(a) By sharing the credit in the discovery of the structure of DNA with Crick
(b) By discussing what the various people involved in the discovery of the structure of DNA are doing at the time of the writing
(c) By reporting the importance of his discovery
(d) By taking all of the credit in the discovery of the structure of DNA

4. Which two components of DNA did Chargaff find had the same number of molecules?
(a) guanine and thymine
(b) guanine and adenine
(c) cytosine and thymine
(d) adenine and thymine

5. Where was Pauling's lab?
(a) Pasadena
(b) London
(c) Stockholm
(d) New Jersey

6. Where did Watson see Chargaff for the second time but they did not speak?
(a) International Biochemical Congress in Paris
(b) London at a conference with Pauling
(c) In Stockholm at a conference on crystallography
(d) Cambridge at the lab

7. Why couldn't Watson concentrate on this thesis?
(a) Excitement about the base pairs
(b) Distracted by Watson's social life
(c) Excitement at attending a new lecture
(d) Distracted by Rosy's animosty

8. When would Watson go to Cal-Tech?
(a) Never
(b) Within the next five years
(c) Right away
(d) Next year

9. What was Watson continually thinking about as he went to films in regards to progress on DNA model?
(a) Number of chains
(b) Acids
(c) Bases
(d) Building materials

10. What did Watson reveal made being a scientist harder for Rosy than for others?
(a) Stealing and not sharing work with her boss
(b) Being a woman
(c) Disagreeing with others
(d) Having a bad attitude

11. What does TMV contain?
(a) Triple helix structure
(b) Crystals
(c) DNA
(d) RNA

12. How did Pauling feel about Watson and Crick's model?
(a) Depressed
(b) Thrilled
(c) Argumentative
(d) Angered

13. What did Watson and Crick hope in regards to this new structure of DNA?
(a) They hoped to expand on his knowledge
(b) They hoped to develop the model based on his structure
(c) They hoped to publish it before Pauling
(d) They hoped Pauling was wrong

14. Who did Watson go to tell about Rosy's B photograph?
(a) Pauling and Crick
(b) Bragg and Max
(c) Crick and Max
(d) Bragg and Crick

15. How old was Rosy when she died?
(a) 25
(b) 54
(c) 37
(d) 60

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when King's lab began comparing their experimental results to the double helix structure?

2. What did Watson believe caused the medical condition from which he was suffering?

3. Which of the following was Senator McCarthy investigating?

4. How did Rosy feel about the new model?

5. How much faster was Watson able to take pictures with the new X-ray tube?

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