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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 color paint do Feynman and the professional painter argue about?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

2. In what language does Feynman give his lecture in at the Brazilian Academy of Sciences?
(a) German.
(b) English.
(c) Portuguese.
(d) Spanish.

3. What does Feynman spend his dollar on that he received for selling his government patent?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Beer.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Socks.

4. What is the name of the Chinese-speaking Caucasian at the Caltech house party?
(a) Mr. Jones.
(b) Mrs. Jones.
(c) Mr. Smith.
(d) Mrs. Smith.

5. How much does the science teacher offer Feynman to give a lecture?
(a) $500.
(b) $50.
(c) $60.
(d) $600.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't the stenographer at the conference in New York think Feynman could be a professor?

2. In Feynman's opinion, the learning in Brazil relies too heavily on ______________.

3. Feynman would argue with his friend Jirayr Zorthian that artists don't have any subject because they lost their ___________.

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the things Feynman dislikes about Cornell?

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

(see the answer key)

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