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

2. What does the hypnotist at Princeton get Feynman to do?
(a) Cluck like a chicken.
(b) Light a match.
(c) Walk around the room.
(d) Recite poetry.

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-coated cameras.
(d) Plastic cups.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year does Feynman's wife Arlene die?

3. What tool does young Feynman bring with him to fix the radio at his aunt's hotel?

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

5. What does Feynman take for one of his humanities credits at MIT?

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