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

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

3. What tool does young Feynman bring with him to fix the radio at his aunt's hotel?
(a) Wrench.
(b) Electric coil.
(c) Pliers.
(d) Screwdriver.

4. Feynman's study of philosophy while at MIT causes him to do research on what?
(a) Professors.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Emotions.

5. In what year does Feynman's wife Arlene die?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1946.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does young Feynman put on his hands to do his fire trick?

2. In high school Feynman changed the trigonometry ____________ because he didn't like the way they looked.

3. What doesn't Feynman like about working at his aunt's hotel?

4. What do all the fathers at the Girl Scout father-daughter banquet talk about?

5. What does Feynman do to entertain the girls at the Girl Scout father-daughter banquet?

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