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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following did Odile NOT prefer?
(a) Cooking
(b) Decorating
(c) Vogue
(d) The Times

2. Where did Watson go for Christmas?
(a) London
(b) Stockholm
(c) Cambridge
(d) Carradale

3. Who offered Watson a job at Cal-Tech?
(a) Sir Lawrence
(b) Chargaff
(c) Pauling
(d) Max Delbruck

4. On what topic had Bragg, Kendrew and Perutz published a paper?
(a) Crystallographic chains
(b) Insulin dependent molecules
(c) Polypeptide chains
(d) Helical molecules

5. How does DNA carry information?
(a) Structure of DNA
(b) Binding of the nucleotides
(c) Order of the nucleotides
(d) Multiple types of nucleotides

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Watson's fellowship?

2. 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.

3. While Watson was assembling pieces of the model, Crick was doing what?

4. Which of the following characters didn't believe that helices were the answer to the structure of DNA?

5. Who is expected to come speak at a conference at the end of chapter sixteen?

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