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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could be used to rule out some false starts of potential DNA structures?
(a) X-ray pictures of DNA crystals
(b) 3-dimensional figures of DNA
(c) Nucleotides
(d) Binding agents

2. Which of the following characters attended Rosy's talk?
(a) Sir Lawrence
(b) Vand
(c) Crick
(d) Watson

3. What began to interest Crick after his argument with Sir Lawrence?
(a) DNA
(b) Diffraction of X-rays by helical molecules
(c) Proton Order and diffraction
(d) X-rays of crystallized DNA molecules

4. What subject did Crick study as an undergraduate?
(a) Chemistry
(b) Biology
(c) Physics
(d) Biochemistry

5. Which of the following best describes this type of novel?
(a) Unauthorized biography
(b) Biography
(c) Autobiography
(d) Unauthorized autobiography

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following people wrote the forward?

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

3. What was Watson's main scientific interest?

4. Which of the following people was the solution to Watson being able to study crystallography?

5. What did Wilkin's x-rays show?

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