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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. While at MIT, Feynman annoys waitresses by leaving his tip in ________________.
(a) Upside down glasses full of water.
(b) Full soup bowls.
(c) Old gum under the table.
(d) The salt shaker.

2. Where are the top secret papers first kept at Los Alamos?
(a) Boxes.
(b) Underground.
(c) Filing cabinets.
(d) Bank safe.

3. What does the hypnotist at Princeton get Feynman to do?
(a) Recite poetry.
(b) Cluck like a chicken.
(c) Light a match.
(d) Walk around the room.

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

5. Which insect is Feynman the most interested in studying over the course of his life?
(a) Bees.
(b) Ants.
(c) Beetles.
(d) Cockroaches.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What doesn't Feynman like about working at his aunt's hotel?

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

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

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

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