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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 do the philosophy students keep repeating during a lunch lecture at Princeton?
(a) Essential object.
(b) Object essence.
(c) Essence of being.
(d) Objectional essentials.

2. What theory does Feynman never work out, despite doing research on it for years?
(a) Quantum theory of potentials.
(b) Electrodynamics.
(c) Gravitational interaction.
(d) Atomic energy.

3. What does Ms. Eisenhart think Feynman is joking about at the Princeton tea?
(a) Having cream and lemon in his tea.
(b) Asking for coffee instead of tea.
(c) Having two lumps of sugar in his tea.
(d) Requesting a soda instead of tea.

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

5. What does Feynman do to entertain the girls at the Girl Scout father-daughter banquet?
(a) Recite a poem.
(b) Sing an Italian opera.
(c) Dance the can-can.
(d) Recite Mary Had a Little Lamb.

Short Answer Questions

1. During a one-year sabbatical, what does Feynman work on in a biology lab?

2. In what year does Feynman's wife Arlene die?

3. What doesn't Feynman like about working at his aunt's hotel?

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

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

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