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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 name of the scientist that Feynman worked for at General Electric after the war?
(a) Hans Bethe.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Frank Oppenheimer.
(d) Bob Wilson.

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

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

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

5. What does the Japanese salesman in Brazil challenge Feynman to do?
(a) Cube roots.
(b) Stand on his head.
(c) Quadratic equations.
(d) Drink shots.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who tutored Feynman's father as a child?

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

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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