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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following subjects did Watson avoid during his graduate work?
2. How did Cochran and Crick explain X-ray diffraction by helical molecules?
3. Which of the following is the best definition for relations as used in the following sentence: His biggest problem, though, was relations with Rosy, and he had to consider firing her.
4. Which of the following characters attended Rosy's talk?
5. What happened to Watson's fellowship?
Short Essay Questions
1. What realization did Watson come to years after their discovery of the structure of DNA in regards to Rosy?
2. What does Watson do that Crick is unhappy with?
3. How did Francis feel about Watson's work with bacteria?
4. Why was Rosy critical of the model Watson and Crick developed?
5. What was the topic of Rosy and Maurice's papers?
6. In what way did Watson technically break the terms of his fellowship?
7. How did Watson and Crick get Rosy's measurements at their Cambridge lab?
8. How had Watson gotten a place to leave in Clare College?
9. Describe Francis Crick's home.
10. What pattern does Watson's trip to Paris continue to demonstrate?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay on the issue of a person's politics affecting his ability to travel to complete his work (such as Pauling being unable to travel to the conference in London). Compare this even in the book to current events throughout your writing.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay examining the character of Rosy in an in-depth manner. Relate her description, actions and ideas to the concept of women in a male dominated field during the 1950s. Make an evaluation of these ideas and concepts and present them with support from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay explaining why Watson was referred to as a "mad Englishman." Use specific examples from the reading to support your writing.
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