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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Is Electricity Fire?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In high school Feynman changed the trigonometry ____________ because he didn't like the way they looked.
(a) Answers.
(b) Textbooks.
(c) Symbols.
(d) Equations.

2. What is Feynman's dilemma when he arrives at the airport to go to the conference at the University of North Carolina?
(a) He forgot his suitcase.
(b) He has no money for a taxi.
(c) He is there at the wrong time.
(d) He doesn't know which university is hosting the conference.

3. What does the hypnotist at Princeton get Feynman to do?
(a) Light a match.
(b) Cluck like a chicken.
(c) Recite poetry.
(d) Walk around the room.

4. Who does Feynman want to sign the last document needed by the city college?
(a) Mickey Mouse.
(b) Himself.
(c) The science teacher.
(d) The president.

5. Where does Feynman take art classes?
(a) UCLA.
(b) Caltech.
(c) Pasadena Art Museum.
(d) Art Institure of L.A.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Feynman use to do his first scent experiment with his wife in her hospital room?

2. How much does the science teacher offer Feynman to give a lecture?

3. In what year was Richard P. Feynman born?

4. What is Feynman eager to try in Japan?

5. What equation does Feynman use to amaze the graduate mathematics students at Princeton?

(see the answer key)

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