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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 tools does Feynman need to pick a Yale lock?
(a) Screwdriver and paperclip.
(b) Screwdriver and pliers.
(c) Pliers and hairpin.
(d) Pliers and paperclip.

2. Why is Feynman deferred from the army again after the war?
(a) He is working on the bomb.
(b) Physical limitations.
(c) He is teaching.
(d) Medical reasons.

3. What does Ms. Eisenhart think Feynman is joking about at the Princeton tea?
(a) Having cream and lemon in his tea.
(b) Requesting a soda instead of tea.
(c) Having two lumps of sugar in his tea.
(d) Asking for coffee instead of tea.

4. Besides chatting with gamblers, who else does Feynman like to meet in Las Vegas?
(a) Show girls.
(b) Pit bosses.
(c) Waitresses.
(d) Dealers.

5. 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) Lighter.
(c) Measuring tape.
(d) Knife.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What product does the Metaplast Corporation make that eventually causes the company to close down?

4. What method does Feynman use to "trick" people at Princeton into thinking he could do fast math?

5. Where do the Las Vegas prostitutes learn the names of famous physicists?

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