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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. What did Wilkin's x-rays show?
(a) Biological proof that DNA existed
(b) Crystallized DNA
(c) Bone degradation
(d) Crystals taken from a mine

2. Which of the following best describes how Watson responded to Pauling's journal articles?
(a) They were over Watson's head
(b) Watson disagreed with Pauling's articles
(c) Watson was jealous of Pauling
(d) Watson despised Pauling's articles

3. Why couldn't Sir Lawrence remove Crick from the lab?
(a) Crick had more friends in the lab than Sir Lawrence
(b) Crick had proof that Sir Lawrence stole from him
(c) Sir Lawrence did not have the authority to remove Crick
(d) Crick was pursuing his PhD at Cambridge and couldn't be fired

4. What is the purpose of the preface in this text?
(a) To set the purpose and scope
(b) To introduce the characters
(c) To define what type of book it is
(d) To outline the main events of the book

5. How did Watson think that most of the scientific community felt about DNA?
(a) It was the next great breakthrough
(b) It was already solved
(c) It was an ongoing project for most of them
(d) It was unimportant

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters did Crick discuss his problems with the helix theory with?

2. Which of the following was a new idea about the life of a scientist to Watson at the end of chapter five?

3. Which of the following subjects was Herman uninterested in?

4. What could be used to rule out some false starts of potential DNA structures?

5. When would Watson and Crick be able to understand the configuration of inorganic ions?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Pauling not able to speak at the scientific conference in London?

2. Describe Crick as seen through Watson's eyes.

3. How did Delbruck feel about Watson's TMV discovery and the comparison Watson made between Crick and Pauling?

4. Why did Watson sense a disaster with his sister?

5. In the forward, Bragg describes the following story as what kind?

6. How many bases are there in DNA?

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

8. Why did Watson and Crick think that the DNA structure was more complicated than the structure discovered by Pauling?

9. How is the character of Rosy portrayed by the author?

10. What has Watson done on a social aspect while trying to make X-ray photographs?

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