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

2. What color paint do Feynman and the professional painter argue about?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) White.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the hypnotist at Princeton get Feynman to do?

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

3. What theory does Feynman never work out, despite doing research on it for years?

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

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

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