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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Certainly, Mr. Big.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When Feynman graduates from MIT there are no jobs for __________.
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Physicists.
(c) Engineers.
(d) Scientists.
2. What does Feynman's father tell him that the carnival mindreaders use?
(a) Powers of observation.
(b) Magic.
(c) A code.
(d) Hypnosis.
3. Which scientist was "topnotch" at calculating at Los Alamos?
(a) Paul Olum.
(b) Robert Oppenheimer.
(c) Hans Bethe.
(d) Bob Wilson.
4. Feynman thinks Princeton is an imitation _________.
(a) Oxford.
(b) Ivy League.
(c) Harvard.
(d) MIT.
5. What is the name of the scientist that Feynman worked for at General Electric after the war?
(a) Bob Wilson.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Hans Bethe.
(d) Frank Oppenheimer.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is Feynman trying to get every summer when he usually gets stuck in Las Vegas?
2. Who tutored Feynman's father as a child?
3. Besides chatting with gamblers, who else does Feynman like to meet in Las Vegas?
4. Who does the dancer from the Flamingo tell Feynman she was?
5. What does young Feynman put on his hands to do his fire trick?
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