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

2. What is the machine Feynman designs for the army intended to be used for?
(a) Bombs.
(b) Machine guns.
(c) Tanks.
(d) Radar.

3. As a kid, what does Feynman observe under his microscope?
(a) Bacteria.
(b) Paramecia.
(c) Amoebae.
(d) Ants.

4. Feynman's friend Bob Wilson tells him he has been hired to work on a secret project doing what?
(a) Separating electrons from protons.
(b) Dividing protons of uranium.
(c) Dividing atomic energy into subparts.
(d) Separating the isotopes of uranium.

5. In what year does Feynman's wife Arlene die?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1943.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Feynman asked to give a series of lectures in Buffalo?

2. What did people call dragonflies when Feynman was growing up?

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

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the places Feynman tries to sleep his first night in Ithaca, NY?

5. During a one-year sabbatical, what does Feynman work on in a biology lab?

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