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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. What does Feynman's dog use to follow his scent around the house?
(a) Sweater.
(b) Bare footprints.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Pajamas.

2. During a one-year sabbatical, what does Feynman work on in a biology lab?
(a) RNA.
(b) Reproduction.
(c) DNA.
(d) Viruses.

3. Where is the first place Feynman stays in Los Alamos?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A laboratory.
(c) A campground.
(d) An old school.

4. What is the name of the movie with a psychiatrist that Feynman thinks of during his army physical after the war?
(a) Spellbound.
(b) Casablanca.
(c) The Birds.
(d) Rear Window.

5. In high school Feynman changed the trigonometry ____________ because he didn't like the way they looked.
(a) Textbooks.
(b) Answers.
(c) Equations.
(d) Symbols.

Short Answer Questions

1. Feynman's friend Bob Wilson tells him he has been hired to work on a secret project doing what?

2. Feynman compares the sounds of listening to the radio as a boy to what?

3. According to Feynman, all __________ stopped during the war.

4. How does Feynman combat his nervousness while giving his first technical lecture to famous scientists?

5. Where are the top secret papers first kept at Los Alamos?

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