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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. While working at his aunt's hotel, Feynman learned that _________ was a very difficult thing in the real world.
(a) Ambition.
(b) Politics.
(c) Money.
(d) Innovation.

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

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

4. Feynman has a great reputation for what with the math students at MIT and Princeton?
(a) Algebra.
(b) Calculus.
(c) Integrals.
(d) Exponents.

5. Feynman compares the sounds of listening to the radio as a boy to what?
(a) A visit to the dentist.
(b) Italian opera.
(c) Church service.
(d) The ocean.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Feynman get the philosophy students at Princeton to argue about?

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

5. What does young Feynman put on his hands to do his fire trick?

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