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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what university were both Crick and the author working in the opening chapter?

2. What subject did Crick study as an undergraduate?

3. In what year did the author meet Crick?

4. What did Crick move on to work on after told to stop working on the model of DNA?

5. What did Watson and Crick decide they would need in order to move forward?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Watson's new informaiton about DNA lead to him to question?

2. What would Francis find awkward in regards to the problem of DNA?

3. Why did Wilkins come to Naples?

4. What statement did Rosy make about the idea that helices were the answer to the structure of DNA?

5. Describe Francis Crick's home.

6. What must be allowed when the structure of DNA is solved?

7. What did Watson want to study after hearing Pauling's lecture?

8. When Watson told Maurice about Pauling working on the DNA structure, what was Maurice more concerned with at the immediate moment?

9. What bothered Crick about his wife's relationship with Elizabeth?

10. What concerned Maurice about Linus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing the idea that scientists within the scientific community often speak different languages. This refers to the language of disciplines, not the language of countries.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing how the title of the novel provides insight to the savvy reader throughout the chapters. Explain in detail your rationale.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay examining the character of Rosy in an in-depth manner. Relate her description, actions and ideas to the concept of women in a male dominated field during the 1950s. Make an evaluation of these ideas and concepts and present them with support from the text.

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