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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. In Feynman's opinion, the learning in Brazil relies too heavily on ______________.
(a) Memorizing.
(b) Textbooks.
(c) Experiments.
(d) Equations.

2. What tools does Feynman need to pick a Yale lock?
(a) Screwdriver and pliers.
(b) Pliers and hairpin.
(c) Screwdriver and paperclip.
(d) Pliers and paperclip.

3. Who does Feynman get into a discussion with about the ethics of education?
(a) A Jesuit priest.
(b) A rabbi.
(c) An international lawyer.
(d) A historian.

4. Which scientist helps Feynman work out which way the difference goes in his new theory?
(a) Wu.
(b) Boehem.
(c) Christy.
(d) Gell-Mann.

5. In what year was Richard P. Feynman born?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1912.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many signatures does Feynman get to before he gives the lecture at the city college?

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the places Feynman tries to sleep his first night in Ithaca, NY?

3. What university offers Feynman a staggering salary?

4. Where are the top secret papers first kept at Los Alamos?

5. What do all the fathers at the Girl Scout father-daughter banquet talk about?

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