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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following had Pauling partially solved?
(a) Picture of crystallized DNA
(b) Crystallized helix poliomyelitis
(c) Poliomyelitis
(d) Structure of proteins

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

3. What was Watson's main scientific interest?
(a) DNA
(b) The scientific process
(c) Human relations
(d) RNA

4. Which of the following was NOT a reason that Watson was disheartened with Naples?
(a) There was no heating
(b) He knew no one there
(c) Biochemistry was still uninteresting
(d) Weather was cold

5. What is the purpose of the preface in this text?
(a) To define what type of book it is
(b) To set the purpose and scope
(c) To introduce the characters
(d) To outline the main events of the book

Short Answer Questions

1. How many types of nucleotides are in DNA?

2. Which of the following best describes how Watson responded to Pauling's journal articles?

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. How did Pauling discover his ?-helix structure?

(see the answer key)

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