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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. How many types of nucleotides are in DNA?

2. What arrangement was did Watson work out with Markham?

3. What is crystallography?

4. Which of the following is the best definition of phages?

5. Why couldn't Sir Lawrence remove Crick from the lab?

Short Essay Questions

1. If Crick had been fired by Sir Lawrence, why might he have found it difficult to find a new job?

2. What did Watson hope to apply Pauling's method to?

3. What did Watson attribute much of their success to?

4. Describe Crick as seen through Watson's eyes.

5. Who typed Watson and Crick's paper?

6. When Watson told Maurice about Pauling working on the DNA structure, what was Maurice more concerned with at the immediate moment?

7. What two things was Watson interested in with regards to learning the structure of DNA ?

8. What would Watson and Crick have done if Maurice had told them it bothered him that they were working on the structure of DNA?

9. Why did Watson decline the invitation to speak at a meeting in the United States?

10. What was Francis Crick's first real scientific triumph?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the idea that a scientist's life is not truly separable from the scientist's work. Use examples from the text to support 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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