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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. Who does Feynman get into a discussion with about the ethics of education?
(a) A rabbi.
(b) An international lawyer.
(c) A historian.
(d) A Jesuit priest.

2. What Brazilian city is Feynman stuck in for a few days before he can get to Rio?
(a) Lattes.
(b) Trinidad.
(c) Recife.
(d) Porto Neches.

3. While staying in Syracuse, who gives Feynman good advice about figuring out a complicated theory?
(a) His sister.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His brother.

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

5. How many students immediately volunteer to take part in the hypnotism demonstration at Princeton?
(a) Four.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Only Feynman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Feynman spend his dollar on that he received for selling his government patent?

2. What does the Japanese salesman in Brazil challenge Feynman to do?

3. How does Feynman solve his dilemma at the airport when he goes to the conference at the University of North Carolina?

4. Which scientist was "topnotch" at calculating at Los Alamos?

5. Which language class does Feynman almost take because there was a pretty blond walking into it?

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