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

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

3. Where is the first place Feynman stays in Los Alamos?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A laboratory.
(c) A campground.
(d) An old school.

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

5. While working at his aunt's hotel, Feynman learned that _________ was a very difficult thing in the real world.
(a) Innovation.
(b) Politics.
(c) Money.
(d) Ambition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the movie with a psychiatrist that Feynman thinks of during his army physical after the war?

2. What is the name of the scientist that Feynman worked for at General Electric after the war?

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

4. Despite his degree in physics, Feynman works as what for the army during one summer?

5. What does Feynman's dog use to follow his scent around the house?

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