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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Judging Books by Their Covers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't the stenographer at the conference in New York think Feynman could be a professor?
(a) He couldn't understand him.
(b) He could understand him.
(c) He used too many scientific terms.
(d) He didn't sound very intelligent.

2. What is Feynman eager to try in Japan?
(a) Japanese bath.
(b) School system.
(c) Bus system.
(d) Japanese food.

3. By how much is Feynman's new theory that he discovers during the Rochester Conference off?
(a) 7 percent.
(b) 9 percent.
(c) 3 percent.
(d) 12 percent.

4. In what year does Feynman attend a conference at the University of North Carolina?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1953.

5. What does Ms. Eisenhart think Feynman is joking about at the Princeton tea?
(a) Having two lumps of sugar in his tea.
(b) Having cream and lemon in his tea.
(c) Asking for coffee instead of tea.
(d) Requesting a soda instead of tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what topic does Feynman ask a question on behalf of Martin Block to the other top physicists?

2. Feynman says the conference he attends in New York to give a younger perspective on some position papers was worse than a _____________.

3. What is the "disease" of the middle age that Feynman is afflicted with?

4. Who first gets Feynman interested in South America?

5. Which scientist was "topnotch" at calculating at Los Alamos?

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