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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. What board does a lawyer from Pasadena ask Feynman to join?
(a) State Board of Education.
(b) National Curriculum Committee.
(c) State Curriculum Commission.
(d) California Textbook Initiative.

2. In what year does Feynman attend a conference at the University of North Carolina?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1953.

3. How many desserts does the pantry lady leave for Feynman each night when he works at his aunt's hotel?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

4. Why doesn't the stenographer at the conference in New York think Feynman could be a professor?
(a) He couldn't understand him.
(b) He used too many scientific terms.
(c) He could understand him.
(d) He didn't sound very intelligent.

5. What is Feynman's dilemma when he arrives at the airport to go to the conference at the University of North Carolina?
(a) He doesn't know which university is hosting the conference.
(b) He forgot his suitcase.
(c) He is there at the wrong time.
(d) He has no money for a taxi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word do the physics students like to tease the mathematics students about in the graduate lounge?

2. The textbooks Feynman evaluates try to combine math with _____________.

3. Feynman is involved in the problematic search for the right laws of _______________.

4. For what kind of project does an airline in California offer Feynman a position as director of its laboratory?

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

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