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

2. What word do the physics students like to tease the mathematics students about in the graduate lounge?
(a) Theorem.
(b) Trivial.
(c) Obvious.
(d) Construct.

3. Who first gets Feynman interested in South America?
(a) His wife.
(b) A waitress.
(c) A mechanic.
(d) A hitchhicker.

4. What is Feynman going to give a lecture on in Kyoto?
(a) Japanese culture.
(b) American culture.
(c) Liquid nitrogen.
(d) Liquid helium.

5. On what topic does Feynman ask a question on behalf of Martin Block to the other top physicists?
(a) Freedom of liquidity.
(b) Quantum violation.
(c) Violation of parity.
(d) Parity freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Feynman graduates from MIT there are no jobs for __________.

2. What book does a teacher in high school give Feynman to study so he won't talk during class?

3. While visiting Caltech, where does Feynman drive every night?

4. What is needed to make the patent documents legal for the government?

5. Who does the dancer from the Flamingo tell Feynman she was?

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