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

2. Feynman compares the sounds of listening to the radio as a boy to what?
(a) A visit to the dentist.
(b) Italian opera.
(c) Church service.
(d) The ocean.

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

4. What doesn't Feynman like about working at his aunt's hotel?
(a) The boss.
(b) Long hours.
(c) Tipping.
(d) Smoking.

5. Who is the head of Feynman's department at Cornell?
(a) Professor Gibbs.
(b) Bob Wilson.
(c) Professor Lowell.
(d) Hans Bethe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tool does young Feynman bring with him to fix the radio at his aunt's hotel?

2. What does Feynman learn signaled a social mistake at Princeton?

3. While at MIT, Feynman annoys waitresses by leaving his tip in ________________.

4. While working at his aunt's hotel, Feynman learned that _________ was a very difficult thing in the real world.

5. What is the name of the scientist that Feynman worked for at General Electric after the war?

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