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

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

3. In what year was Richard P. Feynman born?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1922.

4. What do the philosophy students keep repeating during a lunch lecture at Princeton?
(a) Object essence.
(b) Essential object.
(c) Essence of being.
(d) Objectional essentials.

5. While at MIT, Feynman annoys waitresses by leaving his tip in ________________.
(a) Upside down glasses full of water.
(b) Old gum under the table.
(c) The salt shaker.
(d) Full soup bowls.

Short Answer Questions

1. During a one-year sabbatical, what does Feynman work on in a biology lab?

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

3. How many students immediately volunteer to take part in the hypnotism demonstration at Princeton?

4. Feynman's study of philosophy while at MIT causes him to do research on what?

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

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