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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: The Seven Percent Solution.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Feynman learn signaled a social mistake at Princeton?
(a) Heh-heh-heh-heh.
(b) Uhm-uhm-uhm.
(c) Surely you're joking!
(d) Hmm-hmm-hmm.

3. Where is Feynman when Dr. Wheeler asks him to go to Japan?
(a) Cornell.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Caltech.

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

5. In Feynman's opinion, the learning in Brazil relies too heavily on ______________.
(a) Experiments.
(b) Memorizing.
(c) Equations.
(d) Textbooks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the head of Feynman's department at Cornell?

2. What does the man who talks to Feynman by pool of his Las Vegas motel do for a living?

3. What Brazilian city is Feynman stuck in for a few days before he can get to Rio?

4. What is the machine Feynman designs for the army intended to be used for?

5. Besides chatting with gamblers, who else does Feynman like to meet in Las Vegas?

(see the answer key)

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