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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 word do the physics students like to tease the mathematics students about in the graduate lounge?
(a) Construct.
(b) Trivial.
(c) Obvious.
(d) Theorem.

2. What book does a teacher in high school give Feynman to study so he won't talk during class?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Mathematics for the Practical Man.
(c) Advanced Chemistry.
(d) Advanced Calculus.

3. How does Feynman combat his nervousness while giving his first technical lecture to famous scientists?
(a) He uses hypnosis.
(b) He takes two aspirins and a coke.
(c) He focuses on the physics.
(d) He drinks a shot.

4. What does Feynman take for one of his humanities credits at MIT?
(a) Art History.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) Astrology.
(d) Astrophysics.

5. Feynman's study of philosophy while at MIT causes him to do research on what?
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Professors.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a kid, what does Feynman observe under his microscope?

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

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

4. What does Feynman spend his dollar on that he received for selling his government patent?

5. When Feynman graduates from MIT there are no jobs for __________.

(see the answer key)

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