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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. How does Feynman solve his dilemma at the airport when he goes to the conference at the University of North Carolina?
(a) He does card tricks for money.
(b) He buys what he needs at the airport gift shop.
(c) He goes to a bar to have a good time.
(d) He describes the conference goers.

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

3. Which scientist helps Feynman work out which way the difference goes in his new theory?
(a) Gell-Mann.
(b) Wu.
(c) Christy.
(d) Boehem.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Feynman take art classes?

2. What is the booth number for the psychiatrist during Feynman's army physical after the war?

3. What was the name of the bar Feynman frequents in Buffalo?

4. What book does a teacher in high school give Feynman to study so he won't talk during class?

5. What doesn't Feynman like about working at his aunt's hotel?

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