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

2. Who tutored Feynman's father as a child?
(a) A mindreader.
(b) A magician.
(c) A hypnotists.
(d) A mathematician.

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

4. When Feynman starts at MIT, the fraternities have __________ to recruit pledges.
(a) Seminars.
(b) Mixers.
(c) Parties.
(d) Smokers.

5. What book does a teacher in high school give Feynman to study so he won't talk during class?
(a) Advanced Calculus.
(b) Advanced Chemistry.
(c) Mathematics for the Practical Man.
(d) The Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the philosophy students keep repeating during a lunch lecture at Princeton?

2. What does Feynman's dog use to follow his scent around the house?

3. What does young Feynman put on his hands to do his fire trick?

4. What does Feynman discover about the study of biology?

5. Feynman's friend Bob Wilson tells him he has been hired to work on a secret project doing what?

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