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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Preliminaries; Committing Suicide.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the beginning of I Just Shook His Hand, what university does Richard mention that had wanted him to come speak for years?
(a) University of Florida.
(b) Kyoto University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Stanford University.

2. What is located at the front of the space shuttle orbiter?
(a) The cargo bay.
(b) The place where the crew sits.
(c) The engines.
(d) The fuel rockets.

3. In Part 1, Richard mentions an artist friend who stated that scientists take beautiful flowers apart and then the flowers become what?
(a) Dull.
(b) Broken.
(c) Deep.
(d) Scientific.

4. When Richard was attending graduate school, a guy walked in on him holding a pot in one hand and stirring with the other. What was in the pot that Richard was stirring?
(a) Water.
(b) Ice cubes.
(c) Pudding.
(d) Jell-O.

5. The taxi driver mentioned in Part 1: Getting Ahead said he wanted to build for the future by betting on horses. What did the taxi driver say he would buy if he won money on the horses?
(a) His own bicycle.
(b) His own radio.
(c) His own taxicab.
(d) His own home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the shuttle that Richard discusses in Part 2 of the book?

2. When Richard stood to accept his award from the American Association of Physics Teachers, he told the crowd that instead of talking about teaching he is going to talk about what?

3. After Richard noticed the tree frog in the garden, he also noted a snake of what color?

4. When Richard's father started to read from Richard's calculus book, what did he find?

5. Richard told the women who were protesting that they should be concerned about the cop in his story. Why?

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