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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. How many patents does Feynman "sell" to the US government?
(a) Four.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

2. What is the "disease" of the middle age that Feynman is afflicted with?
(a) Ethical ambiguity.
(b) Middle age spread.
(c) Race cars and fast women.
(d) Giving philosophical talks about science.

3. What doesn't Feynman like about working at his aunt's hotel?
(a) Tipping.
(b) Long hours.
(c) Smoking.
(d) The boss.

4. During a one-year sabbatical, what does Feynman work on in a biology lab?
(a) Reproduction.
(b) DNA.
(c) Viruses.
(d) RNA.

5. By how much is Feynman's new theory that he discovers during the Rochester Conference off?
(a) 9 percent.
(b) 12 percent.
(c) 3 percent.
(d) 7 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the hypnotist at Princeton get Feynman to do?

2. Who designs the hotel where Feynman stays in Japan?

3. What does Feynman discover was the boards biggest concern with the textbooks?

4. Why doesn't the stenographer at the conference in New York think Feynman could be a professor?

5. Feynman does not like the Japanese language because it was too concerned with being _________.

(see the answer key)

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