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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What topic was Linus Pauling studying?
(a) Why bacteria were able to reproduce
(b) How protein coils did not make helixes
(c) How protein helixes created coils within coils
(d) How to build a model of DNA

2. Who has developed a structure of DNA in chapter twenty-one?
(a) Linus Pauling
(b) Rosy
(c) Crick
(d) Watson

3. Where was Pauling held up when he was on his way to speak at the conference?
(a) London
(b) Washington, DC
(c) Stockholm
(d) Airport

4. What did Watson continue to believe the problem was?
(a) Chain number
(b) Acid level
(c) Backbone
(d) Bases

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Watson going to get the necessary pieces to construct his model?

2. Who was taken with Watson's sister?

3. Which of the following best describes Maurice and Rosy's working relationship?

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

5. How did Maurice answer when asked if he minded Watson and Crick working on the structure of DNA?

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