At the Beginning, Most Observers and Participants Assumed That World

question 42

Multiple Choice

At the beginning, most observers and participants assumed that World War I would

• A) be over in a few weeks.
• B) last for several years.
• C) end in a draw.
• D) lead to the Russian Revolution.
• E) destroy Western Civilization.

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Definitions:

Pyrimidines

One of the two classes of nitrogenous bases found in nucleic acids, including cytosine, thymine (in DNA), and uracil (in RNA).

Bacteriophages

Viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria.

Alfred Hershey

An American bacteriologist and geneticist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1969 for his work on the genetics of viruses, including the famous Hershey-Chase experiment.

Martha Chase

An American geneticist who, along with Alfred Hershey, performed experiments confirming that DNA is the genetic material of life.