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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What board does a lawyer from Pasadena ask Feynman to join?
(a) National Curriculum Committee.
(b) State Curriculum Commission.
(c) California Textbook Initiative.
(d) State Board of Education.

2. In what year does Feynman attend a conference at the University of North Carolina?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1957.

3. The textbooks Feynman evaluates try to combine math with _____________.
(a) Games.
(b) Science.
(c) Literature.
(d) Practical applications.

4. What could Feynman draw in high school art class?
(a) Houses.
(b) Stacks of cubes.
(c) Pyramids in deserts.
(d) Flowers.

5. What is Feynman eager to try in Japan?
(a) School system.
(b) Bus system.
(c) Japanese food.
(d) Japanese bath.

6. What is the "disease" of the middle age that Feynman is afflicted with?
(a) Ethical ambiguity.
(b) Middle age spread.
(c) Race cars and fast women.
(d) Giving philosophical talks about science.

7. By how much is Feynman's new theory that he discovers during the Rochester Conference off?
(a) 12 percent.
(b) 9 percent.
(c) 3 percent.
(d) 7 percent.

8. What had John Lilly done work on before becoming involved with sense deprivation?
(a) Drama.
(b) Physics.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Dolphins.

9. What idea does a guy have at the Washington DC cocktail party given by the Secretary of the Army?
(a) Turning sand into tank fuel.
(b) Navigating tanks by stars.
(c) Refueling tanks by helicoptors.
(d) Using physicists to designing tanks.

10. How many signatures does Feynman get to before he gives the lecture at the city college?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Thirteen.

11. What does the reporter from Time magazine tell Feynman about the Nobel?
(a) He should give him exclusive interview rights.
(b) How he should act with the King of Sweden.
(c) It's a practical joke.
(d) He should accept the prize.

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

13. What special ceremony did the students in Sweden have for the Nobel Prize winner?
(a) Order of the Pig.
(b) King's Prize.
(c) Queen's Prize.
(d) Order of the Frog.

14. What does the man who talks to Feynman by pool of his Las Vegas motel do for a living?
(a) Bet on greyhounds.
(b) Play poker.
(c) Play blackjack.
(d) Bet on horses.

15. What is Feynman's reaction when he is told he won the Nobel Prize?
(a) He doesn't accept the prize.
(b) He hangs up on the caller.
(c) He dances around the room with his wife.
(d) He throws up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the dancer from the Flamingo tell Feynman she was?

2. Where does Feynman want to stay while in Japan?

3. What is the topic of the conference at the University of North Carolina that Feynman attends?

4. Who recommends that Feynman should give a lecture on Mayan mathematics?

5. What is the one thing missing from the cargo cult sciences, according to Feynman?

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