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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) Buffalo Bill's.
(b) Black and White.
(c) The Alibi Room.
(d) Curly's.

2. What tools does Feynman need to pick a Yale lock?
(a) Screwdriver and pliers.
(b) Pliers and paperclip.
(c) Pliers and hairpin.
(d) Screwdriver and paperclip.

3. How many students immediately volunteer to take part in the hypnotism demonstration at Princeton?
(a) Only Feynman.
(b) Four.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Hundreds.

4. What does Feynman do to entertain the girls at the Girl Scout father-daughter banquet?
(a) Dance the can-can.
(b) Recite Mary Had a Little Lamb.
(c) Sing an Italian opera.
(d) Recite a poem.

5. What is the name of the restaurant where Feynman strikes up a conversation with a painter?
(a) Papa's Place.
(b) Lou's Diner.
(c) Ed's Diner.
(d) Ma's Place.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the physicist Feynman works with one summer during graduate school?

4. How much does Cornell University pay Feynman to do the lecture series in Buffalo?

5. What is the name of the town where Feynman was born?

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