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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 is the man from Japan that Feynman meets in a restaurant trying to sell?
(a) Calculators.
(b) An Abacus.
(c) Stationary.
(d) Flowers.

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

3. Which scientist was "topnotch" at calculating at Los Alamos?
(a) Robert Oppenheimer.
(b) Hans Bethe.
(c) Paul Olum.
(d) Bob Wilson.

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

5. Feynman has a great reputation for what with the math students at MIT and Princeton?
(a) Calculus.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Integrals.
(d) Exponents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Feynman trying to get every summer when he usually gets stuck in Las Vegas?

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

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

4. What book does a teacher in high school give Feynman to study so he won't talk during class?

5. What is the name of the movie with a psychiatrist that Feynman thinks of during his army physical after the war?

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