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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. Feynman thinks Princeton is an imitation _________.
(a) MIT.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Ivy League.

2. What does Feynman discover about the study of biology?
(a) There is an answer for everything.
(b) It is too easy.
(c) There are lots of things no one knew.
(d) It is just like physics.

3. What is Feynman's salary at Cornell?
(a) $4,000/year.
(b) $40,000/year.
(c) $3,600/year.
(d) $37,000/year.

4. 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.

5. Where is Feynman sent to do research before starting work at Los Alamos?
(a) New York.
(b) Los Angeles
(c) Germany.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Feynman let the TWA hostess order in the nightclub in Albuquerque when he was pretending to be drunk?

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

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

5. What does Feynman get the philosophy students at Princeton to argue about?

(see the answer key)

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