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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Simple as 1, 2,3; Getting Ahead; Hotel City; Who Is Herman; Sexist Pig.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Richard found out that the funeral for his unknown "friend" was going to be on what day?
(a) May 4th.
(b) May 10th.
(c) May 1st.
(d) May 3rd.

2. When Richard's father started to read from Richard's calculus book, what did he find?
(a) That it made perfect sense.
(b) That he knew the author of the book.
(c) That it's confusing.
(d) That they were wrong in a particular principle they are trying to teach.

3. In Part 1, Richard mentions kids playing in a field and one of them asking Richard to name a particular bird. What kind of bird did the child tell Richard the bird was?
(a) A brown-throated thrush.
(b) A robin.
(c) A red-crested woodpecker.
(d) A Spencer's warbler.

4. Before Richard was born, his father told his mother that "if it's a boy, he's going to be a" what?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Scientist.
(c) Thinker.
(d) Astronaut.

5. 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?
(a) Why woman should rule the world.
(b) The structure of the proton.
(c) The meaning of life.
(d) The existance of other galaxies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard mentions that a friend of his mother was trying to make a living during the Depression by doing what?

2. Richard tells a story about an old friend in Los Alamos calling him to tell him some sad news. The sad news was that who had died?

3. When Richard and his father were examining the leaf that was picked off a tree he stated that the line is the beginning of what color of fly?

4. 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?

5. While on a tour inside the United Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland, Richard spotted a physicist friend of his from where?

(see the answer key)

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