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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Certainly, Mr. Big.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does a teacher in high school give Feynman to study so he won't talk during class?
(a) Advanced Chemistry.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Advanced Calculus.
(d) Mathematics for the Practical Man.

2. What is the name of the movie with a psychiatrist that Feynman thinks of during his army physical after the war?
(a) The Birds.
(b) Rear Window.
(c) Spellbound.
(d) Casablanca.

3. What is a popular topic in the graduate lounge at Princeton?
(a) Girls.
(b) Food.
(c) Topology.
(d) Astronomy.

4. What is the booth number for the psychiatrist during Feynman's army physical after the war?
(a) Ten.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

5. What equation does Feynman use to amaze the graduate mathematics students at Princeton?
(a) Sum of e.
(b) Series for pi.
(c) Series for e.
(d) Sum of x.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Feynman graduates from MIT there are no jobs for __________.

2. Which scientist was "topnotch" at calculating at Los Alamos?

3. What is the name of the scientist that Feynman worked for at General Electric after the war?

4. Feynman has a great reputation for what with the math students at MIT and Princeton?

5. Where are the top secret papers first kept at Los Alamos?

(see the answer key)

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