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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: The Dignified Professor | Part 4: Any Questions?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While at MIT, Feynman annoys waitresses by leaving his tip in ________________.
(a) Full soup bowls.
(b) Upside down glasses full of water.
(c) Old gum under the table.
(d) The salt shaker.

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

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

4. How does Feynman combat his nervousness while giving his first technical lecture to famous scientists?
(a) He uses hypnosis.
(b) He drinks a shot.
(c) He takes two aspirins and a coke.
(d) He focuses on the physics.

5. What do all the fathers at the Girl Scout father-daughter banquet talk about?
(a) Their daughters.
(b) Golf.
(c) Stock market.
(d) Football.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Feynman credit his desire to fix radios when he was just a boy?

2. Despite his degree in physics, Feynman works as what for the army during one summer?

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

4. Feynman has a great reputation for what with the math students at MIT and Princeton?

5. What does Ms. Eisenhart think Feynman is joking about at the Princeton tea?

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