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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Is Electricity Fire?.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Feynman's salary at Cornell?
(a) $40,000/year.
(b) $4,000/year.
(c) $37,000/year.
(d) $3,600/year.

3. What do the philosophy students keep repeating during a lunch lecture at Princeton?
(a) Object essence.
(b) Essential object.
(c) Objectional essentials.
(d) Essence of being.

4. For what kind of project does an airline in California offer Feynman a position as director of its laboratory?
(a) Nuclear-propelled, rocket airplanes.
(b) Nucelar rockets.
(c) Wind-propelled airplanes.
(d) Rocket-propelled, nuclear missiles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Feynman learn signaled a social mistake at Princeton?

2. What is Feynman always very careless about when he goes on a trip?

3. What product does the Metaplast Corporation make that eventually causes the company to close down?

4. What language does the Chinese speaking Caucasian at the Caltech house party think Feynman was using?

5. As a kid, what does Feynman observe under his microscope?

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