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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was Senator McCarthy investigating?
(a) Terrorism
(b) Communism
(c) Anti-semitism
(d) Socialism

2. Where did Watson see Chargaff for the second time but they did not speak?
(a) Cambridge at the lab
(b) International Biochemical Congress in Paris
(c) In Stockholm at a conference on crystallography
(d) London at a conference with Pauling

3. Who confirmed Watson's finding that TMV was indeed a helix?
(a) Pauling
(b) Crick
(c) Maurice
(d) Rosy

4. Who arrived at Cambridge as a student?
(a) Chargraff
(b) Sir Lawrence's daughter
(c) Rosy
(d) Pauling's son

5. What was Maurice going to return to Watson?
(a) Models
(b) Paper on DNA
(c) Wire
(d) Molds

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Watson gotten the structures for the bases?

2. How long did Rosy keep working on scientific discoveries?

3. The epilogue can best be described as which of the following?

4. What medical condition did Watson seem to think he had?

5. How did Pauling feel about Watson and Crick's model?

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