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

2. What is the name of the restaurant where Feynman strikes up a conversation with a painter?
(a) Papa's Place.
(b) Ed's Diner.
(c) Ma's Place.
(d) Lou's Diner.

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. When Feynman starts at MIT, the fraternities have __________ to recruit pledges.
(a) Mixers.
(b) Parties.
(c) Smokers.
(d) Seminars.

5. What is the name of the dance hall Feynman likes to go to during his freshman year at MIT?
(a) Raymour and Flannigan Dance Hall.
(b) Raymore and Saymore Ballroom.
(c) Playmour Dance Hall.
(d) Raymour and Playmore Ballroom.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Feynman's father tell him that the carnival mindreaders use?

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

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