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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. Who first excited Watson about using x-rays to study DNA?
(a) Pauling
(b) Kalckar
(c) Perutz
(d) Wilkins
2. What happened to Watson's fellowship?
(a) Cancelled
(b) Approved
(c) Extended
(d) Reauthorized
3. About how long did Crick think it would take he and Watson to narrow down the number of possible DNA structures?
(a) About a month
(b) About a day
(c) About a week
(d) About a year
4. What arrangement was did Watson work out with Markham?
(a) To address his need to study crystallography
(b) To pretend to work with him
(c) To move to Cambridge
(d) To help him convince his Fellowship committee to allow him to relocate to Cambridge
5. Which of the following had happened which affected Watson's ability to relocate during his fellowship?
(a) His fellowship had run out of money
(b) A new chairman was named
(c) Transfers were not allowed under his fellowship agreement
(d) The person he wanted to switch to work with rejected his plan
Short Answer Questions
1. In what language were many of the lectures given that Watson attended?
2. Why did Watson and Crick purchase a copy of Pauling's book on chemical bonding?
3. Which of the following types of work was Watson enthusiastic about beginning?
4. On what topic was Rosy's talk?
5. Which of the following best describes this type of novel?
Short Essay Questions
1. What statement did Rosy make about the idea that helices were the answer to the structure of DNA?
2. What was Francis Crick's first real scientific triumph?
3. What two things was Watson interested in with regards to learning the structure of DNA ?
4. What bothered Crick about his wife's relationship with Elizabeth?
5. Why did Watson sense a disaster with his sister?
6. Who typed Watson and Crick's paper?
7. Describe Francis Crick's home.
8. What was the underlying reason behind Sir Lawrence having Watson and Crick stop working on the structure of DNA?
9. What new information was revealed when Pauling appeared unexpectedly at the meeting?
10. How did Watson and Crick get Rosy's measurements at their Cambridge lab?
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