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

2. Where is Feynman when he discovers he can distinguish good art from bad art?
(a) Sistene Chapel.
(b) Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(c) Pasadena Art Museum.
(d) Basilica.

3. Feynman would argue with his friend Jirayr Zorthian that artists don't have any subject because they lost their ___________.
(a) Religion.
(b) Sanity.
(c) Perspective.
(d) Ethics.

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

5. Which language class does Feynman almost take because there was a pretty blond walking into it?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Portuguese.
(c) French.
(d) Russian.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what language does Feynman give his lecture in at the Brazilian Academy of Sciences?

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

3. Who first gets Feynman interested in South America?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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