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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 characteristics best describes how Watson viewed the conference in London?
(a) Uneventful
(b) Rigid
(c) Enlightening
(d) Exciting

2. Which of the following characters could best be described as the antagonist?
(a) Crick
(b) Watson
(c) Maurice
(d) Rosy

3. Why did Crick become annoyed with Watson?
(a) Because he wasn't concerned about his sister's love life
(b) Because he refused to consider a 3 chain model
(c) Because he wasn't spending all of his time on DNA
(d) Because he wouldn't share the responsibility

4. What had Watson construction which was checked against Rosy's measurements?
(a) Backbone
(b) Completed model
(c) Chain
(d) Base

5. Which of the following terms best describes the events at the meeting in Paris?
(a) Revealing
(b) Uneventful
(c) Surprising
(d) Problem solving

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom did Watson compare Crick to when talking to Delbruck?

3. Which of the following best describes how Watson felt upon realizing that Pauling's model was flawed?

4. The base pairs Watson had developed after lunch were the same as the sets of bases that appeared whose work?

5. What did Watson and Crick do when the bases were finished?

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