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

2. What does Feynman get the philosophy students at Princeton to argue about?
(a) Nothingness.
(b) A car.
(c) A brick.
(d) Electrons.

3. What word do the physics students like to tease the mathematics students about in the graduate lounge?
(a) Trivial.
(b) Obvious.
(c) Construct.
(d) Theorem.

4. What book does a teacher in high school give Feynman to study so he won't talk during class?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Mathematics for the Practical Man.
(c) Advanced Chemistry.
(d) Advanced Calculus.

5. Feynman thinks Princeton is an imitation _________.
(a) Harvard.
(b) MIT.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Ivy League.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many desserts does the pantry lady leave for Feynman each night when he works at his aunt's hotel?

4. In what year was Richard P. Feynman born?

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

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