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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 is the name of the town where Feynman was born?
(a) Far Rockaway.
(b) New York City.
(c) Rock Harbor.
(d) Queens.

2. Ever since high school, Feynman worries about being ____________.
(a) A sissy.
(b) A brainiac.
(c) An egghead.
(d) A nerd.

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

4. What is the name of the physicist Feynman works with one summer during graduate school?
(a) Johnny Von Neumann.
(b) Henry Norris Russel.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) John Wheeler.

5. When Feynman graduates from MIT there are no jobs for __________.
(a) Engineers.
(b) Physicists.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Scientists.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What product does the Metaplast Corporation make that eventually causes the company to close down?

4. What do all the fathers at the Girl Scout father-daughter banquet talk about?

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

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