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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. According to Feynman, all __________ stopped during the war.
(a) Science.
(b) Productivity.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Engineering.

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the places Feynman tries to sleep his first night in Ithaca, NY?
(a) Couch in a hallway.
(b) Hotel.
(c) Airport.
(d) Pile of leaves.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the name of the girl from the nightclub in Albuquerque that eventually sleeps with Feynman?

5. What is needed to make the patent documents legal for the government?

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