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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Feynman solve his dilemma at the airport when he goes to the conference at the University of North Carolina?
(a) He does card tricks for money.
(b) He describes the conference goers.
(c) He goes to a bar to have a good time.
(d) He buys what he needs at the airport gift shop.
2. Where does Feynman stay during the conference in New York to give a younger perspective on some position papers?
(a) Jewish Theological Seminary.
(b) Hyatt Regency.
(c) Holiday Inn.
(d) Center for Law and Ethics.
3. In Feynman's opinion, the learning in Brazil relies too heavily on ______________.
(a) Equations.
(b) Textbooks.
(c) Memorizing.
(d) Experiments.
4. Where does Feynman spend his first year of teaching at Caltech?
(a) Las Vegas.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Hollywood.
5. Who does the dancer from the Flamingo tell Feynman she was?
(a) Sister of John Big.
(b) Wife of John Big.
(c) Daughter of John Big.
(d) Assistant to John Big.
6. Feynman is involved in the problematic search for the right laws of _______________.
(a) Particle reflectors.
(b) Particle decay.
(c) Beta decay.
(d) Beta reflectors.
7. What university offers Feynman a staggering salary?
(a) Oxford University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) University of North Carolina.
(d) University of Chicago.
8. Besides chatting with gamblers, who else does Feynman like to meet in Las Vegas?
(a) Show girls.
(b) Dealers.
(c) Waitresses.
(d) Pit bosses.
9. Who does Feynman want to sign the last document needed by the city college?
(a) Mickey Mouse.
(b) Himself.
(c) The science teacher.
(d) The president.
10. What is the "disease" of the middle age that Feynman is afflicted with?
(a) Ethical ambiguity.
(b) Middle age spread.
(c) Giving philosophical talks about science.
(d) Race cars and fast women.
11. Feynman says the conference he attends in New York to give a younger perspective on some position papers was worse than a _____________.
(a) Dentist appointment.
(b) Rorschach test.
(c) First date.
(d) Psychological evaluation.
12. What is Feynman doing in the picture in the preface of the Feynman Lectures?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Giving a lecture.
(c) Working in Los Alamos.
(d) Playing drums.
13. Which scientist helps Feynman work out which way the difference goes in his new theory?
(a) Gell-Mann.
(b) Christy.
(c) Boehem.
(d) Wu.
14. What language does the Chinese speaking Caucasian at the Caltech house party think Feynman was using?
(a) Portuguese.
(b) German.
(c) Cantonese.
(d) Mandarian.
15. What is the topic of the conference Feynman attends in New York to give a younger perspective on some position papers?
(a) The science of ethical morality.
(b) The morality of science.
(c) The ethics of philiosophy.
(d) The ethics of equality.
Short Answer Questions
1. What board does a lawyer from Pasadena ask Feynman to join?
2. What is Feynman trying to achieve in the sensory deprivation tank?
3. What kind of music do Ralph Leighton and Feynman play together?
4. What is Feynman always very careless about when he goes on a trip?
5. After Feynman gives his lecture on Mayan culture, what does his friend Murray Gell-Mann give a lecture on weeks later?
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