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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is expected to come speak at a conference at the end of chapter sixteen?
(a) Rosy
(b) Crick
(c) Maurice
(d) Pauling

2. 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 publish it before Pauling
(c) They hoped Pauling was wrong
(d) They hoped to develop the model based on his structure

3. What does TMV stand for?
(a) Thrombosis Making Virus
(b) Tomal Missing Virus
(c) Tobacco Mosaic Virus
(d) Tobacco Motive Virus

4. Who identified the major fundamental flaw in Linus Pauling's model of DNA?
(a) Pauling's father
(b) Sir Lawrence
(c) Watson
(d) Rosy

5. What shape was Watson trying to prove TMV was?
(a) Hexical
(b) Octagonal
(c) Cylindrical
(d) Helical

6. What medical condition did Watson seem to think he had?
(a) Migraines
(b) Heart condition
(c) Reflux
(d) Ulcer

7. What had Watson construction which was checked against Rosy's measurements?
(a) Completed model
(b) Backbone
(c) Base
(d) Chain

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

9. Which of the following is the best definition of the term untenable?
(a) Empty
(b) Unable to be defended
(c) Justified
(d) Able to be possible

10. Who confirmed Watson's finding that TMV was indeed a helix?
(a) Maurice
(b) Pauling
(c) Crick
(d) Rosy

11. What happened when King's lab began comparing their experimental results to the double helix structure?
(a) They supported the model
(b) They found a major flaw
(c) They refuted the model
(d) They debated it's accuracy

12. Who was taken with Watson's sister?
(a) Bertrand Fourcade
(b) Pauling
(c) Sir Lawrence
(d) Francis

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

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

15. Who did Pauling give copies of his manuscript which contained his new model of DNA?
(a) Rosy and Maurice
(b) Watson and Crick
(c) Peter and Bragg
(d) Rosy and Bragg

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Watson continually thinking about as he went to films in regards to progress on DNA model?

3. Who arrived at Cambridge as a student?

4. What topic was Linus Pauling studying?

5. Which of the following words best describes how the authors of the chemistry book had chosen the structures of the bases?

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