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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: A Different Box of Tools | Part 2: Mindreaders.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Feynman's wife Arlene die?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1943.

2. While at MIT, Feynman annoys waitresses by leaving his tip in ________________.
(a) Old gum under the table.
(b) Upside down glasses full of water.
(c) Full soup bowls.
(d) The salt shaker.

3. What does Feynman take for one of his humanities credits at MIT?
(a) Art History.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) Astrophysics.
(d) Astrology.

4. What color paint do Feynman and the professional painter argue about?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) White.

5. What theory does Feynman never work out, despite doing research on it for years?
(a) Electrodynamics.
(b) Quantum theory of potentials.
(c) Atomic energy.
(d) Gravitational interaction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tutored Feynman's father as a child?

2. What tool does young Feynman bring with him to fix the radio at his aunt's hotel?

3. To what does Feynman credit his desire to fix radios when he was just a boy?

4. What does young Feynman put on his hands to do his fire trick?

5. How many desserts does the pantry lady leave for Feynman each night when he works at his aunt's hotel?

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