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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Maurice feel after hearing Rosy's presentation?
(a) Reborn
(b) Pleased
(c) Deflated
(d) Angered

2. What did Wilkin's x-rays show?
(a) Crystallized DNA
(b) Biological proof that DNA existed
(c) Crystals taken from a mine
(d) Bone degradation

3. On what topic was Rosy's talk?
(a) X-ray diffraction by helical molecules
(b) X-ray diffraction of crystallographic molecules
(c) X-ray crystallographic research into helical molecules
(d) Crystallographic research into DNA

4. What did Crick and Watson have in common?
(a) Same amount of siblings
(b) Knowledge of crystallography
(c) Enthusiasm for DNA
(d) Protein structure knowledge

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms describes how Watson felt about working at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge?

2. How did Pauling discover his ?-helix structure?

3. Who convinced Bragg that Watson and Crick should not be working on the problem of the structure of DNA?

4. How did Watson and Crick respond to Bragg when he told them to stop working on the structure of DNA?

5. How many types of nucleotides are in DNA?

(see the answer key)

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