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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: The Seven Percent Solution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did people call dragonflies when Feynman was growing up?
(a) Daring drats.
(b) Dragon stingers.
(c) Darn beasts.
(d) Darning needles.

2. How does Feynman combat his nervousness while giving his first technical lecture to famous scientists?
(a) He takes two aspirins and a coke.
(b) He drinks a shot.
(c) He focuses on the physics.
(d) He uses hypnosis.

3. Where is Feynman when Dr. Wheeler asks him to go to Japan?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Cornell.
(c) Caltech.
(d) Las Vegas.

4. What is the name of the physicist Feynman works with one summer during graduate school?
(a) Henry Norris Russel.
(b) Johnny Von Neumann.
(c) John Wheeler.
(d) Albert Einstein.

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the things Feynman dislikes about Cornell?
(a) Small town.
(b) The weather.
(c) Cultural experiences.
(d) Talking to professors.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ever since high school, Feynman worries about being ____________.

3. Where is the first place Feynman stays in Los Alamos?

4. While at MIT, Feynman annoys waitresses by leaving his tip in ________________.

5. What does Feynman spend his dollar on that he received for selling his government patent?

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