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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Meeeeeeeeee! | Part 2: A Map of the Cat?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does young Feynman put on his hands to do his fire trick?
(a) Gasoline.
(b) Charcoal.
(c) Benzine.
(d) Lighter fluid.

2. Feynman gets a B+ on a English paper about ___________ even though he wrote about another topic.
(a) Huxley.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Faust.
(d) King Lear.

3. What product does the Metaplast Corporation make that eventually causes the company to close down?
(a) Plastic-coated pens.
(b) Mechanical pencils.
(c) Plastic cups.
(d) Plastic-coated cameras.

4. What does Feynman learn signaled a social mistake at Princeton?
(a) Uhm-uhm-uhm.
(b) Heh-heh-heh-heh.
(c) Hmm-hmm-hmm.
(d) Surely you're joking!

5. What does Feynman take for one of his humanities credits at MIT?
(a) Art History.
(b) Astrophysics.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Astrology.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does Feynman credit his desire to fix radios when he was just a boy?

3. What does Feynman get the philosophy students at Princeton to argue about?

4. What does Ms. Eisenhart think Feynman is joking about at the Princeton tea?

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

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