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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where had Watson gotten the structures for the bases?
(a) From Rosy's photographs
(b) Out of a chemistry book
(c) From Pauling's research
(d) From Watson's own research into bacteria

2. What had Rosy surrounded DNA with in the B photograph?
(a) Crystals
(b) Ice
(c) RNA
(d) Water

3. Which describes how Rosy seemed when Watson went to talk to her at King's lab about Pauling's faulty model?
(a) Confrontational
(b) Resigned
(c) Supportive
(d) Excitied

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

5. Who was taken with Watson's sister?
(a) Bertrand Fourcade
(b) Pauling
(c) Francis
(d) Sir Lawrence

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Crick become annoyed with Watson?

2. Who confirmed Watson's finding that TMV was indeed a helix?

3. What was the fundamental flaw in Linus Pauling's model of DNA?

4. On what form of DNA did Crick work?

5. What had Maurice been doing in secret in regards to Rosy?

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