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

2. What does Feynman get the philosophy students at Princeton to argue about?
(a) Nothingness.
(b) Electrons.
(c) A car.
(d) A brick.

3. How does Feynman combat his nervousness while giving his first technical lecture to famous scientists?
(a) He takes two aspirins and a coke.
(b) He uses hypnosis.
(c) He drinks a shot.
(d) He focuses on the physics.

4. During a one-year sabbatical, what does Feynman work on in a biology lab?
(a) RNA.
(b) Viruses.
(c) DNA.
(d) Reproduction.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the restaurant where Feynman strikes up a conversation with a painter?

2. What does Ms. Eisenhart think Feynman is joking about at the Princeton tea?

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

4. Ever since high school, Feynman worries about being ____________.

5. While at MIT, Feynman annoys waitresses by leaving his tip in ________________.

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