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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does the science teacher offer Feynman to give a lecture?
(a) $60.
(b) $600.
(c) $50.
(d) $500.

2. Feynman says the conference he attends in New York to give a younger perspective on some position papers was worse than a _____________.
(a) Psychological evaluation.
(b) Dentist appointment.
(c) Rorschach test.
(d) First date.

3. What business was Feynman's father in?
(a) Uniforms.
(b) Science.
(c) Education.
(d) Farming.

4. Where does Feynman spend his first year of teaching at Caltech?
(a) Las Vegas.
(b) Hollywood.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Brazil.

5. How long would Feynman spend in the sensory deprivation tank each session?
(a) 1.5 hours.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 2.5 hours.
(d) 5 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Feynman gives his lecture on Mayan culture, what does his friend Murray Gell-Mann give a lecture on weeks later?

2. Feynman's friend Jirayr Zorthian would argue that scientist destroyed the beauty of nature when they turned it into _________________.

3. The textbooks Feynman evaluates try to combine math with _____________.

4. What idea does a guy have at the Washington DC cocktail party given by the Secretary of the Army?

5. What year did Feynman give the "cargo cult" speech at a Caltech commencement?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does a group of rabbinical students consult Feynman on scientific matters?

2. Why does Feynman decide to learn about Mayan mathematics?

3. What does Feynman later learn about offer from University of Chicago?

4. Why does Feynman's refusal to sign a fourteenth signature create confusion for the college's accounting department?

5. Who introduces Feynman to the sense deprivation tank?

6. Why does Feynman give lectures under a false name after winning the Nobel Prize?

7. Why is Feynman asked to give a lecture on Mayan math at UCLA?

8. Why is Feynman mistaken for a Native American performing a tribal ritual?

9. What does Feynman think is the reason Jews are overrepresented in the sciences?

10. How does Feynman end up providing a drum soundtrack for ballet competitions?

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