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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 does Feynman learn signaled a social mistake at Princeton?
(a) Surely you're joking!
(b) Heh-heh-heh-heh.
(c) Hmm-hmm-hmm.
(d) Uhm-uhm-uhm.

2. What does Feynman's father tell him that the carnival mindreaders use?
(a) A code.
(b) Magic.
(c) Powers of observation.
(d) Hypnosis.

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

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

5. What does the man who talks to Feynman by pool of his Las Vegas motel do for a living?
(a) Play blackjack.
(b) Bet on greyhounds.
(c) Bet on horses.
(d) Play poker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Japanese salesman in Brazil challenge Feynman to do?

2. What is the booth number for the psychiatrist during Feynman's army physical after the war?

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

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

5. Who does the dancer from the Flamingo tell Feynman she was?

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