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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Testing Bloodhounds | Part 3: Los Alamos from Below.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does young Feynman put on his hands to do his fire trick?
(a) Benzine.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) Lighter fluid.
(d) Charcoal.

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

3. What does the hypnotist at Princeton get Feynman to do?
(a) Cluck like a chicken.
(b) Light a match.
(c) Walk around the room.
(d) Recite poetry.

4. What is the name of the dance hall Feynman likes to go to during his freshman year at MIT?
(a) Raymour and Playmore Ballroom.
(b) Raymore and Saymore Ballroom.
(c) Playmour Dance Hall.
(d) Raymour and Flannigan Dance Hall.

5. Feynman's friend Bob Wilson tells him he has been hired to work on a secret project doing what?
(a) Dividing atomic energy into subparts.
(b) Separating electrons from protons.
(c) Dividing protons of uranium.
(d) Separating the isotopes of uranium.

Short Answer Questions

1. While at MIT, Feynman annoys waitresses by leaving his tip in ________________.

2. According to Feynman, all __________ stopped during the war.

3. Where is Feynman sent to do research before starting work at Los Alamos?

4. What does Feynman get the philosophy students at Princeton to argue about?

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

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