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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the machine Feynman designs for the army intended to be used for?

2. What is the name of the town where Feynman was born?

3. In what year does Feynman's wife Arlene die?

4. Where is Feynman asked to give a series of lectures in Buffalo?

5. What did people call dragonflies when Feynman was growing up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Feynman nervous about attending Princeton and what poses challenges for him?

2. What kind of work does Feynman do for the army?

3. What is the result of the improvements to his job that young Feynman tries while working at his aunt's hotel?

4. Why is Feynman rejected by the army draft board?

5. How does Feynman's name being on nuclear patents come back to haunt him in years later?

6. What challenges does Feynman face in his undergraduate courses?

7. Where does Feynman spend his first night in Ithaca as he begins his career as a professor?

8. How does Feynman spend the money he makes giving weekend lectures in Buffalo?

9. Why does Feynman fix radios for people as a child?

10. What is the purpose of the "Vitals" chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss your five favorite Feynman anecdotes and why they resonated with you.

Essay Topic 2

Do you think Feynman underplays the role he had in developing some of the biggest ideas of the twentieth century? Or, is it possible that some of the biggest ideas of his time period were just casual occurrences, as he makes them out to be?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways does Feynman approach life like he approaches physics? In what ways is his approach to life different than his approach to science?

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