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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word best describes Watson's feelings at the idea of working with bases in pairs?
(a) Depressed
(b) Downtrodden
(c) Egotistical
(d) Enthusiastic

2. Who shared an office with Watson and Crick?
(a) Sir Lawrence
(b) Chargraff
(c) Linus Pauling
(d) Rosy

3. What did Watson reveal made being a scientist harder for Rosy than for others?
(a) Disagreeing with others
(b) Being a woman
(c) Stealing and not sharing work with her boss
(d) Having a bad attitude

4. What other evidence was discovered about DNA?
(a) All DNA was the same as RNA
(b) All DNA lacked cystosine
(c) the identification of a form of cytosine in a kind of DNA previously thought to lack cytosine
(d) DNA was all exactly the same

5. Which of the following was the problem with Pauling's model?
(a) DNA acid was too acidic
(b) DNA base was not acidic
(c) DNA acid was not acidic
(d) DNA base was now an acid

Short Answer Questions

1. Who confirmed Watson's finding that TMV was indeed a helix?

2. Why didn't Watson want to continue working after lunch?

3. How long did Rosy keep working on scientific discoveries?

4. Which of the following terms best describes the events at the meeting in Paris?

5. Where did Watson's sister get married?

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