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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 the name of the movie with a psychiatrist that Feynman thinks of during his army physical after the war?
(a) Casablanca.
(b) Spellbound.
(c) Rear Window.
(d) The Birds.

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

3. What is needed to make the patent documents legal for the government?
(a) A signature.
(b) An exchange of money.
(c) Approval from Congress.
(d) An official seal.

4. Who is the women at the nightclub in Albuquerque that Feynman befriends married to?
(a) The bartender.
(b) The bouncer.
(c) The master-of-ceremonies.
(d) The owner.

5. What does Feynman get the philosophy students at Princeton to argue about?
(a) Electrons.
(b) Nothingness.
(c) A car.
(d) A brick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which idea of Feynman's did the government patent official tell him had already been taken?

2. How much does Cornell University pay Feynman to do the lecture series in Buffalo?

3. What is Feynman's salary at Cornell?

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

5. Feynman gets a B+ on a English paper about ___________ even though he wrote about another topic.

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