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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were Maurice and Rosy from?
(a) Copenhagen University
(b) King's College
(c) Cambridge Lab
(d) Stockholm College

2. Where did the Fellowship Board indicate Watson could transfer?
(a) Crystallography in Stockhom
(b) Biochemistry with Markham
(c) Crystallography lab in Cambridge
(d) Cell physiology lab in Stockholm

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

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

5. How did Pauling discover his ?-helix structure?
(a) By taking atoms and gluing them together with photons
(b) By fitting X-rays together into specific groups
(c) By taking X-rays and placing them on top of each other
(d) By fitting together models of groups of atoms that liked to link together

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Crick help to make when he worked for the government at the beginning of World War II?

2. Which of the following terms best describes how the meeting went with Rosy, Maurice, Watson and Crick?

3. Which of the following is the best definition of the term helix?

4. Which of the following events interrupted Crick's interest in DNA?

5. Which of the following terms best describes how Watson felt about chemistry BEFORE meeting Wilkins?

(see the answer key)

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