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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Altered States.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Feynman's salary at Cornell?
(a) $4,000/year.
(b) $3,600/year.
(c) $37,000/year.
(d) $40,000/year.

2. Why is Feynman deferred from the army again after the war?
(a) Medical reasons.
(b) He is working on the bomb.
(c) Physical limitations.
(d) He is teaching.

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

4. Feynman has a long fascination with hallucinations and _____________.
(a) Dreams.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Hypnosis.
(d) Sense deprivation.

5. As a child, where does Feynman first learn about the Mayans?
(a) New York Museum of Natural History.
(b) New York World's Fair.
(c) York County Fair.
(d) High School Science Fair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What university is Baba Ram Das from?

2. Where is Feynman when he discovers he can distinguish good art from bad art?

3. Where is Feynman sent to do research before starting work at Los Alamos?

4. What does Feynman decide to do about the money from the lecture at the city college?

5. What is the name of the dance hall Feynman likes to go to during his freshman year at MIT?

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