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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Judging Books by Their Covers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the Las Vegas prostitutes learn the names of famous physicists?
(a) Time Magazine.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) Los Angles Times.
(d) People Magazine.

2. Which idea of Feynman's did the government patent official tell him had already been taken?
(a) Electrical plant.
(b) Airplane.
(c) Rocket.
(d) Submarine.

3. Where does Feynman stay during the conference in New York to give a younger perspective on some position papers?
(a) Center for Law and Ethics.
(b) Hyatt Regency.
(c) Holiday Inn.
(d) Jewish Theological Seminary.

4. What is the topic of the conference at the University of North Carolina that Feynman attends?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Atomic bomb.
(c) Gravity.
(d) Biology.

5. What is Feynman eager to try in Japan?
(a) School system.
(b) Japanese food.
(c) Japanese bath.
(d) Bus system.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the man from Japan that Feynman meets in a restaurant trying to sell?

2. What method does Feynman use to "trick" people at Princeton into thinking he could do fast math?

3. What is a popular topic in the graduate lounge at Princeton?

4. What does Feynman's father tell him that the carnival mindreaders use?

5. Who helps Feynman at the airport in North Carolina when he attends a conference at the university there?

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