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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 best describes this type of novel?
(a) Unauthorized autobiography
(b) Biography
(c) Unauthorized biography
(d) Autobiography

2. Which of the following characters wrote a paper describing his idea for the helix theory?
(a) Crick
(b) Sir Lawrence
(c) Watson
(d) Vand

3. By the end of chapter twelve, how many chains had Watson and Crick determined would fit with the X-ray images?
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 5

4. 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.
(a) Sweetened
(b) Lulled
(c) Alleviated
(d) Modified

5. In what year did the author meet Crick?
(a) 1963
(b) 1928
(c) 1951
(d) 1945

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following people was the solution to Watson being able to study crystallography?

2. How many types of nucleotides are in DNA?

3. Which of the following did Crick lack when it came to the type of research needed for a PhD thesis?

4. What did Crick help to make when he worked for the government at the beginning of World War II?

5. Which of the following characters didn't believe that helices were the answer to the structure of DNA?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were the crystallized images important?

2. How was Odile going to help Watson with his problem with eating the food at the local restaurants?

3. What was the topic of Rosy and Maurice's papers?

4. What does Watson's new informaiton about DNA lead to him to question?

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

6. How did Watson and Crick get Rosy's measurements at their Cambridge lab?

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

8. What does Watson think Rosy may do when she comes towards him during their argument?

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

10. What was Watson's breakthrough an implication for?

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