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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. How many students immediately volunteer to take part in the hypnotism demonstration at Princeton?
(a) Only Feynman.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Four.

2. Why is Feynman deferred from the army again after the war?
(a) He is teaching.
(b) He is working on the bomb.
(c) Physical limitations.
(d) Medical reasons.

3. What is the machine Feynman designs for the army intended to be used for?
(a) Machine guns.
(b) Tanks.
(c) Bombs.
(d) Radar.

4. In high school Feynman changed the trigonometry ____________ because he didn't like the way they looked.
(a) Symbols.
(b) Textbooks.
(c) Equations.
(d) Answers.

5. What did people call dragonflies when Feynman was growing up?
(a) Darn beasts.
(b) Darning needles.
(c) Dragon stingers.
(d) Daring drats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tool does young Feynman bring with him to fix the radio at his aunt's hotel?

2. What is Feynman's salary at Cornell?

3. What was the name of the bar Feynman frequents in Buffalo?

4. Where is Feynman sent to do research before starting work at Los Alamos?

5. What does Ms. Eisenhart think Feynman is joking about at the Princeton tea?

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