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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many people does the preface indicate were involved in the discovery of the structure of DNA?
(a) 4
(b) 7
(c) 5
(d) 2
2. Which of the following characters was already working on the problem of DNA in London with Crick?
(a) Wilkins
(b) Watson
(c) Pauling
(d) Cavendish
3. Which of the following was a new idea about the life of a scientist to Watson at the end of chapter five?
(a) Personality conflicts
(b) Intellectual life
(c) Structure of DNA
(d) Social life
4. Which of the following people wrote the forward?
(a) James Watson
(b) Max Perutz
(c) Francis Crick
(d) Sir Lawrence Bragg
5. Which of the following subjects did Watson avoid during his graduate work?
(a) Chemisty
(b) Biology
(c) Biochemistry
(d) Genetics
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following people was the solution to Watson being able to study crystallography?
2. What did Wilkin's x-rays show?
3. At what university were both Crick and the author working in the opening chapter?
4. Which of the following is the best synonym for assuaged as it is used in the following sentence? Watson's conscious was somewhat assuaged, when Herman revealed that he was going through a divorce.
5. What fantasy did Watson have for how he would become involved in his work?
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