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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. Which scientist was "topnotch" at calculating at Los Alamos?
(a) Robert Oppenheimer.
(b) Paul Olum.
(c) Hans Bethe.
(d) Bob Wilson.

2. Where does Feynman spend his first year of teaching at Caltech?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Hollywood.

3. What does Feynman's dog use to follow his scent around the house?
(a) Pajamas.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Sweater.
(d) Bare footprints.

4. Feynman is involved in the problematic search for the right laws of _______________.
(a) Particle reflectors.
(b) Beta decay.
(c) Particle decay.
(d) Beta reflectors.

5. Despite his degree in physics, Feynman works as what for the army during one summer?
(a) Mechanical engineer.
(b) Biologist.
(c) Gunner.
(d) Soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the physicist Feynman works with one summer during graduate school?

2. Why is Feynman deferred from the army again after the war?

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

4. What doesn't Feynman like about working at his aunt's hotel?

5. What language does the Chinese speaking Caucasian at the Caltech house party think Feynman was using?

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