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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 why Pauling never arrived in London?
(a) Incomplete travel records
(b) Political views
(c) Breakthrough in his projects
(d) Health issues

2. Who did Watson go to tell about Rosy's B photograph?
(a) Crick and Max
(b) Bragg and Crick
(c) Bragg and Max
(d) Pauling and Crick

3. How did Watson feel about Rosy's reaction to the new model?
(a) Awed
(b) Surprised
(c) Rejected
(d) Angered

4. Where was Pauling's lab?
(a) London
(b) New Jersey
(c) Stockholm
(d) Pasadena

5. What other evidence was discovered about DNA?
(a) DNA was all exactly the same
(b) All DNA lacked cystosine
(c) the identification of a form of cytosine in a kind of DNA previously thought to lack cytosine
(d) All DNA was the same as RNA

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Watson reveal made being a scientist harder for Rosy than for others?

2. Why was Watson trying to make crystallographic X-rays of TMV?

3. How did Maurice respond to all of the arguments that went into constructing the DNA model?

4. Why didn't Watson want to continue working after lunch?

5. What does TMV stand for?

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