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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: You Just Ask Them?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Feynman asked to give a series of lectures in Buffalo?
(a) An aeronautics laboratory.
(b) Mohawk Airlines.
(c) A physics laboratory.
(d) Robinson Airlines.

2. Feynman's study of philosophy while at MIT causes him to do research on what?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Professors.

3. Which idea of Feynman's did the government patent official tell him had already been taken?
(a) Electrical plant.
(b) Submarine.
(c) Rocket.
(d) Airplane.

4. Which insect is Feynman the most interested in studying over the course of his life?
(a) Bees.
(b) Beetles.
(c) Cockroaches.
(d) Ants.

5. To what does Feynman credit his desire to fix radios when he was just a boy?
(a) His puzzle drive.
(b) His great mechanical skill.
(c) His excessive intelligence.
(d) His parent's encouragement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Feynman's father tell him that the carnival mindreaders use?

2. What word do the physics students like to tease the mathematics students about in the graduate lounge?

3. What is the name of the movie with a psychiatrist that Feynman thinks of during his army physical after the war?

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

5. What does Feynman discover about the study of biology?

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