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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. As a kid, what does Feynman observe under his microscope?
(a) Bacteria.
(b) Ants.
(c) Amoebae.
(d) Paramecia.

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

3. Where is Feynman asked to give a series of lectures in Buffalo?
(a) Robinson Airlines.
(b) Mohawk Airlines.
(c) An aeronautics laboratory.
(d) A physics laboratory.

4. What is the name of the man in charge of the government patent office while Feynman is in Los Alamos?
(a) Captain Jones.
(b) Hans Bethe.
(c) Captain Smith.
(d) Bob Wilson.

5. Where does Feynman spend a summer working for the army?
(a) Washington, DC.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Frankfort.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tools does Feynman need to pick a Yale lock?

2. What is a popular topic in the graduate lounge at Princeton?

3. Feynman's study of philosophy while at MIT causes him to do research on what?

4. What is the name of the town where Feynman was born?

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

(see the answer key)

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