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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. Who tutored Feynman's father as a child?
(a) A magician.
(b) A mathematician.
(c) A hypnotists.
(d) A mindreader.

2. What object does Feynman's friend Paul at Princeton get him to walk around trying to figure out how to use it without pain for two weeks?
(a) Abacus.
(b) Knife.
(c) Lighter.
(d) Measuring tape.

3. What word do the physics students like to tease the mathematics students about in the graduate lounge?
(a) Construct.
(b) Trivial.
(c) Theorem.
(d) Obvious.

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

5. What product does the Metaplast Corporation make that eventually causes the company to close down?
(a) Mechanical pencils.
(b) Plastic-coated cameras.
(c) Plastic cups.
(d) Plastic-coated pens.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What tools does Feynman need to pick a Yale lock?

4. What equation does Feynman use to amaze the graduate mathematics students at Princeton?

5. What does the man who talks to Feynman by pool of his Las Vegas motel do for a living?

(see the answer key)

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