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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Watson have to leave the estate he was staying at over Christmas?
(a) To return to work
(b) To accept a new job
(c) To meet Crick to work on their project related to the structure of DNA
(d) To speak at a meeting in London

2. Which of the following best describes Maurice and Rosy's working relationship?
(a) Supportive
(b) Symbiotic
(c) Difficult
(d) Collegial

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

4. How much less money was his new fellowship offer for?
(a) $1,000
(b) $500
(c) No less money
(d) $2,000

5. Why couldn't Sir Lawrence remove Crick from the lab?
(a) Crick was pursuing his PhD at Cambridge and couldn't be fired
(b) Crick had proof that Sir Lawrence stole from him
(c) Crick had more friends in the lab than Sir Lawrence
(d) Sir Lawrence did not have the authority to remove Crick

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Watson believe that DNA would be a two-chain?

2. What subject did Crick study as an undergraduate?

3. Which describes how Rosy seemed when Watson went to talk to her at King's lab about Pauling's faulty model?

4. Which of the following did Crick lack when it came to the type of research needed for a PhD thesis?

5. Where did the fellowship board want him to speak?

(see the answer key)

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