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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: A Different Box of Tools | Part 2: Mindreaders.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the town where Feynman was born?
(a) Rock Harbor.
(b) New York City.
(c) Queens.
(d) Far Rockaway.

2. When Feynman graduates from MIT there are no jobs for __________.
(a) Engineers.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Physicists.
(d) Scientists.

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

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

5. Feynman thinks Princeton is an imitation _________.
(a) Ivy League.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Harvard.
(d) MIT.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was Richard P. Feynman born?

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

4. Feynman gets a B+ on a English paper about ___________ even though he wrote about another topic.

5. What product does the Metaplast Corporation make that eventually causes the company to close down?

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