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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 characters attended Rosy's talk?
(a) Sir Lawrence
(b) Vand
(c) Watson
(d) Crick

2. What did Watson and Crick decide they would need in order to move forward?
(a) A new model
(b) A fresh start
(c) New X-rays
(d) A new colleague

3. Which of the following people was the solution to Watson being able to study crystallography?
(a) Perutz
(b) Pauling
(c) Herman
(d) Kalckar

4. Which of the following was a new idea about the life of a scientist to Watson at the end of chapter five?
(a) Structure of DNA
(b) Social life
(c) Intellectual life
(d) Personality conflicts

5. Which of the following characters was on the edge of being fired?
(a) Pauling
(b) Watson
(c) Franklin
(d) Crick

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the best definition for relations as used in the following sentence: His biggest problem, though, was relations with Rosy, and he had to consider firing her.

2. What is the purpose of the preface in this text?

3. How did Maurice feel after hearing Rosy's presentation?

4. What did Watson study after told to stop working on the model of DNA?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was it illegal for Watson to move to Cambridge?

2. How did Francis feel about Watson's work with bacteria?

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

4. Why did Watson go ahead with the move to Cambridge before he had permission?

5. What happened when Watson went to work trying to apply his pairs theory to the new base structures?

6. What did Watson attribute much of their success to?

7. What was the force that continued to drive Watson?

8. What new information was revealed when Pauling appeared unexpectedly at the meeting?

9. What did Crick tell Watson they had found?

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

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