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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. Who tutored Feynman's father as a child?
(a) A magician.
(b) A hypnotists.
(c) A mathematician.
(d) A mindreader.

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

3. What does Feynman discover about the study of biology?
(a) There are lots of things no one knew.
(b) It is too easy.
(c) There is an answer for everything.
(d) It is just like physics.

4. To what does Feynman credit his desire to fix radios when he was just a boy?
(a) His puzzle drive.
(b) His excessive intelligence.
(c) His parent's encouragement.
(d) His great mechanical skill.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the physicist Feynman works with one summer during graduate school?

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

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

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