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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 product does the Metaplast Corporation make that eventually causes the company to close down?
(a) Plastic-coated pens.
(b) Plastic cups.
(c) Mechanical pencils.
(d) Plastic-coated cameras.

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the places Feynman tries to sleep his first night in Ithaca, NY?
(a) Couch in a hallway.
(b) Airport.
(c) Pile of leaves.
(d) Hotel.

3. What was the name of the bar Feynman frequents in Buffalo?
(a) Curly's.
(b) Black and White.
(c) Buffalo Bill's.
(d) The Alibi Room.

4. Why is Feynman deferred from the army again after the war?
(a) He is working on the bomb.
(b) Medical reasons.
(c) He is teaching.
(d) Physical limitations.

5. What is a popular topic in the graduate lounge at Princeton?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) Topology.
(c) Girls.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the booth number for the psychiatrist during Feynman's army physical after the war?

2. What does Feynman get the philosophy students at Princeton to argue about?

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

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

5. Ever since high school, Feynman worries about being ____________.

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