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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 does Feynman's father tell him that the carnival mindreaders use?
(a) Hypnosis.
(b) A code.
(c) Powers of observation.
(d) Magic.

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

3. What does the hypnotist at Princeton get Feynman to do?
(a) Light a match.
(b) Cluck like a chicken.
(c) Recite poetry.
(d) Walk around the room.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Feynman graduates from MIT there are no jobs for __________.

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

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

5. What is the name of the dance hall Feynman likes to go to during his freshman year at MIT?

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