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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. What is the topic of the conference Feynman attends in New York to give a younger perspective on some position papers?
(a) The morality of science.
(b) The ethics of philiosophy.
(c) The ethics of equality.
(d) The science of ethical morality.

2. What did people call dragonflies when Feynman was growing up?
(a) Daring drats.
(b) Darning needles.
(c) Dragon stingers.
(d) Darn beasts.

3. Who designs the hotel where Feynman stays in Japan?
(a) Albert Kahn.
(b) Fumihiko Maki.
(c) Aldo Rossi.
(d) Frank Lloyd Wright.

4. While working at his aunt's hotel, Feynman learned that _________ was a very difficult thing in the real world.
(a) Politics.
(b) Innovation.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Money.

5. Who helps Feynman at the airport in North Carolina when he attends a conference at the university there?
(a) Taxi dispatcher.
(b) Stewardess.
(c) Porter.
(d) Taxi driver.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many students immediately volunteer to take part in the hypnotism demonstration at Princeton?

4. What is the name of the man in charge of the government patent office while Feynman is in Los Alamos?

5. What is the topic of the lecture Feynman is invited to give at the Brazilian Academy of Sciences?

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