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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Rosy surrounded DNA with in the B photograph?
(a) RNA
(b) Water
(c) Ice
(d) Crystals

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

3. What had the Cavendish lab recently discovered?
(a) The structure of DNA
(b) A new kind of X-ray tube
(c) A model of DNA and RNA
(d) The structure of RNA

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

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 Rosy's photographs
(d) From Pauling's research

6. How did Crick feel about Watson's work on bacteria reproduction?
(a) Interested
(b) Surprised
(c) Uninterested
(d) Supportive

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

8. Which of the following characters could best be described as the antagonist?
(a) Watson
(b) Rosy
(c) Maurice
(d) Crick

9. 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) Chargraff's work
(c) Pauling's work
(d) Maurice's work

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

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

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

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

14. 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

15. Where did Watson and Crick meet Chargaff?
(a) Stockholm
(b) United States
(c) Cambridge
(d) They never met

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Todd say about the sugar-phosphate backbone chemistry in the model?

2. Which of the following was the problem with Pauling's model?

3. What did Bragg finally allow Watson to do?

4. How did Watson spend the time while he waited for the machine shop to construct the necessary parts?

5. Which of the following was Senator McCarthy investigating?

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