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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. Where is Feynman asked to give a series of lectures in Buffalo?
(a) An aeronautics laboratory.
(b) Robinson Airlines.
(c) Mohawk Airlines.
(d) A physics laboratory.

2. What causes Feynman to stay at Caltech?
(a) Higher salary.
(b) A woman.
(c) Nice weather.
(d) Scientific discoveries.

3. Who is the women at the nightclub in Albuquerque that Feynman befriends married to?
(a) The master-of-ceremonies.
(b) The bartender.
(c) The bouncer.
(d) The owner.

4. What does Feynman's father tell him that the carnival mindreaders use?
(a) A code.
(b) Hypnosis.
(c) Powers of observation.
(d) Magic.

5. Who does the dancer from the Flamingo tell Feynman she was?
(a) Wife of John Big.
(b) Sister of John Big.
(c) Assistant to John Big.
(d) Daughter of John Big.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Feynman try to teach his friend Jirayr Zorthian?

2. What do the philosophy students keep repeating during a lunch lecture at Princeton?

3. What is the topic of the conference at the University of North Carolina that Feynman attends?

4. What could Feynman draw in high school art class?

5. What is the topic of the conference Feynman attends in New York to give a younger perspective on some position papers?

(see the answer key)

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