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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. What is a popular topic in the graduate lounge at Princeton?
(a) Food.
(b) Topology.
(c) Girls.
(d) Astronomy.

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

3. What is the name of the girl from the nightclub in Albuquerque that eventually sleeps with Feynman?
(a) Amy.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Ann.
(d) Alice.

4. What is the name of the man in charge of the government patent office while Feynman is in Los Alamos?
(a) Captain Jones.
(b) Hans Bethe.
(c) Captain Smith.
(d) Bob Wilson.

5. Ever since high school, Feynman worries about being ____________.
(a) A nerd.
(b) A sissy.
(c) An egghead.
(d) A brainiac.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Feynman deferred from the army again after the war?

2. To what does Feynman credit his desire to fix radios when he was just a boy?

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

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

5. What word do the physics students like to tease the mathematics students about in the graduate lounge?

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