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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: But is it Art?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Feynman try to teach his friend Jirayr Zorthian?
(a) Art history.
(b) Biology.
(c) Math.
(d) Physics.

2. Where does Feynman spend a summer working for the army?
(a) Washington, DC.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) New York City.
(d) Frankfort.

3. As a kid, what does Feynman observe under his microscope?
(a) Paramecia.
(b) Amoebae.
(c) Bacteria.
(d) Ants.

4. Who first gets Feynman interested in South America?
(a) His wife.
(b) A hitchhicker.
(c) A mechanic.
(d) A waitress.

5. What could Feynman draw in high school art class?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Pyramids in deserts.
(c) Houses.
(d) Stacks of cubes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the topic of the lecture Feynman is invited to give at the Brazilian Academy of Sciences?

2. Feynman would argue with his friend Jirayr Zorthian that artists don't have any subject because they lost their ___________.

3. What Brazilian city is Feynman stuck in for a few days before he can get to Rio?

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

5. Despite his degree in physics, Feynman works as what for the army during one summer?

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