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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 doesn't Feynman like about working at his aunt's hotel?
(a) Long hours.
(b) Tipping.
(c) Smoking.
(d) The boss.

2. Feynman has a great reputation for what with the math students at MIT and Princeton?
(a) Exponents.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Integrals.
(d) Calculus.

3. On what topic does Feynman ask a question on behalf of Martin Block to the other top physicists?
(a) Freedom of liquidity.
(b) Violation of parity.
(c) Parity freedom.
(d) Quantum violation.

4. What is the name of the town where Feynman was born?
(a) Far Rockaway.
(b) Rock Harbor.
(c) Queens.
(d) New York City.

5. Feynman's study of philosophy while at MIT causes him to do research on what?
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Professors.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Emotions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tutored Feynman's father as a child?

2. What does Feynman learn signaled a social mistake at Princeton?

3. What tools does Feynman need to pick a Yale lock?

4. Besides chatting with gamblers, who else does Feynman like to meet in Las Vegas?

5. While staying in Syracuse, who gives Feynman good advice about figuring out a complicated theory?

(see the answer key)

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