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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bragg finally allow Watson to do?
(a) Invite Maurice to join Watson on the project
(b) Start working on DNA again
(c) Allow him to work with Pauling to refine his model
(d) Move to a new lab where he will continue his work on RNA

2. Who told Pauling about the double helix structure?
(a) Watson
(b) Maurice
(c) Crick
(d) Delbruck

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

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

5. Where had Watson gotten the structures for the bases?
(a) Out of a chemistry book
(b) From Watson's own research into bacteria
(c) From Pauling's research
(d) From Rosy's photographs

6. What event diffused the tension and heat between Rosy and Watson?
(a) Watson walking out of the lab
(b) Maurice entering the lab
(c) Rosy tearing up Pauling's work
(d) Rosy assaulting Watson

7. The base pairs Watson had developed after lunch were the same as the sets of bases that appeared whose work?
(a) Rosy's work
(b) Maurice's work
(c) Chargraff's work
(d) Pauling's work

8. How did Watson feel about Rosy's reaction to the new model?
(a) Surprised
(b) Angered
(c) Awed
(d) Rejected

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

10. What was wrong with Maurice at the meeting in Paris?
(a) He was tired of talking about DNA
(b) He was tired of Watson and Crick
(c) He had eaten bad food
(d) He wanted to be on his way to Brazil

11. What was the problem with the idea that the bases were pairs?
(a) The sides weren't identical
(b) Pairing eliminated the idea of 3 chains
(c) There were an odd number of bases
(d) The bases weren't all the same sides

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

13. Who shared an office with Watson and Crick?
(a) Chargraff
(b) Rosy
(c) Linus Pauling
(d) Sir Lawrence

14. Who offered Watson a job at Cal-Tech?
(a) Pauling
(b) Sir Lawrence
(c) Max Delbruck
(d) Chargaff

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word best describes Watson's feelings at the idea of working with bases in pairs?

2. Whom did Bragg invite to come see the new model?

3. How does Watson end his book?

4. Which of the following did Watson begin working on after being told to stop his work on DNA?

5. How did Maurice respond to all of the arguments that went into constructing the DNA model?

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