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

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

3. How does Feynman choose the number 13 for the number of signatures he is willing to sign for the city college paperwork?
(a) Favorite number.
(b) Scientifically.
(c) Lucky number.
(d) Randomly.

4. What is a popular topic in the graduate lounge at Princeton?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) Topology.
(c) Food.
(d) Girls.

5. What is the booth number for the psychiatrist during Feynman's army physical after the war?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Feynman asked to give a series of lectures in Buffalo?

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

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

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

5. What is Feynman eager to try in Japan?

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