The Double Helix Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Double Helix Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the best definition of the term helix?
(a) Spin
(b) Movement
(c) Twirl
(d) Straight

2. What did Crick help to make when he worked for the government at the beginning of World War II?
(a) Ammunition
(b) Magnetic mines
(c) Medical advances
(d) Bullet proof vests

3. Which of the following is the best definition of the term abated?
(a) Increased
(b) Ended
(c) Fell off
(d) Rose

4. Which of the following best describes how Watson responded to Pauling's journal articles?
(a) Watson despised Pauling's articles
(b) Watson was jealous of Pauling
(c) They were over Watson's head
(d) Watson disagreed with Pauling's articles

5. 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) Binding agents
(d) Nucleotides

6. What is crystallography?
(a) Field responsible for making crystals
(b) Field responsible for breaking apart crystallized proteins
(c) Field responsible for creating X-rays of crystals
(d) Field responsible for crystallizing proteins

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

8. Which of the following subjects was Herman uninterested in?
(a) Chemistry
(b) Biochemistry
(c) Genetics
(d) Biology

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

10. What happened to Watson's fellowship?
(a) Cancelled
(b) Reauthorized
(c) Approved
(d) Extended

11. Which of the following did Crick lack when it came to the type of research needed for a PhD thesis?
(a) Knowledge
(b) Drive
(c) Perseverance
(d) Patience

12. While Watson was assembling pieces of the model, Crick was doing what?
(a) Reading from Pauling's book
(b) Reviewing X-ray images
(c) Adding wire to the existent models
(d) Making his own models

13. Which of the following characters was on the edge of being fired?
(a) Pauling
(b) Crick
(c) Franklin
(d) Watson

14. How did Maurice feel after hearing Rosy's presentation?
(a) Pleased
(b) Angered
(c) Deflated
(d) Reborn

15. What did Crick move on to work on after told to stop working on the model of DNA?
(a) Nothing, he stopped working altogether
(b) Helix structures
(c) His PhD thesis
(d) Crystallography

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is Watson's interest?

3. Which of the following did Watson and Crick add to the models which already existed within the Cambridge lab?

4. Which of the following terms describes how Watson felt about working at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge?

5. Which of the following does NOT describe Pauling as seen through Watson's eyes?

(see the answer keys)

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