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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: You Just Ask Them?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Feynman starts at MIT, the fraternities have __________ to recruit pledges.
(a) Mixers.
(b) Parties.
(c) Smokers.
(d) Seminars.

2. What is the name of the town where Feynman was born?
(a) Far Rockaway.
(b) New York City.
(c) Rock Harbor.
(d) Queens.

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

4. What is the name of the dance hall Feynman likes to go to during his freshman year at MIT?
(a) Playmour Dance Hall.
(b) Raymour and Playmore Ballroom.
(c) Raymore and Saymore Ballroom.
(d) Raymour and Flannigan Dance Hall.

5. How many patents does Feynman "sell" to the US government?
(a) Four.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does young Feynman put on his hands to do his fire trick?

3. What does Feynman's father tell him that the carnival mindreaders use?

4. What do all the fathers at the Girl Scout father-daughter banquet talk about?

5. What is a popular topic in the graduate lounge at Princeton?

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