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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 idea of Feynman's did the government patent official tell him had already been taken?
(a) Rocket.
(b) Electrical plant.
(c) Submarine.
(d) Airplane.

2. What is needed to make the patent documents legal for the government?
(a) A signature.
(b) Approval from Congress.
(c) An official seal.
(d) An exchange of money.

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

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

5. Ever since high school, Feynman worries about being ____________.
(a) An egghead.
(b) A nerd.
(c) A brainiac.
(d) A sissy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the philosophy students keep repeating during a lunch lecture at Princeton?

2. What almost causes Feynman to go back to Cornell after being at Caltech?

3. What is the name of the dance hall Feynman likes to go to during his freshman year at MIT?

4. For what kind of project does an airline in California offer Feynman a position as director of its laboratory?

5. Who does Feynman end up publishing a paper with about his new theory?

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