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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what language were many of the lectures given that Watson attended?
(a) English
(b) French
(c) Latin
(d) Italian

3. Which of the following is Watson's interest?
(a) Where is DNA stored?
(b) What are the crystallized images?
(c) What is a gene?
(d) How does DNA crystallize?

4. While Watson was assembling pieces of the model, Crick was doing what?
(a) Adding wire to the existent models
(b) Reviewing X-ray images
(c) Making his own models
(d) Reading from Pauling's book

5. How much less money was his new fellowship offer for?
(a) $2,000
(b) $1,000
(c) No less money
(d) $500

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is the best synonym for assuaged as it is used in the following sentence? Watson's conscious was somewhat assuaged, when Herman revealed that he was going through a divorce.

3. Where did Watson and Francis go for the weekend after Rosy's lecture?

4. Which of the following terms best describes the human dilemma of deciding to work against your colleague or behind their back?

5. Which of the following characters attended Rosy's talk?

Short Essay Questions

1. What specific information was Crick interested in from Rosy's lecture that Watson had a difficult time retrieving?

2. What did Francis's solution about the coils do for him professionally?

3. In what way might this book be considered an apology for the winning of the Nobel Prize by Watson and Crick?

4. What concerned Maurice about Linus?

5. What did Crick accuse Sir Lawrence of?

6. Describe Francis Crick's home.

7. What does Watson do that Crick is unhappy with?

8. How had Watson gotten a place to leave in Clare College?

9. Why didn't Crick attend the lecture?

10. If Crick had been fired by Sir Lawrence, why might he have found it difficult to find a new job?

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