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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. Feynman thinks Princeton is an imitation _________.
(a) Oxford.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Ivy League.
(d) MIT.

2. Who recommends that Feynman should give a lecture on Mayan mathematics?
(a) Bob Wilson.
(b) Otto Neugebauer.
(c) Nina Beyers.
(d) Hans Bethe.

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the things Feynman dislikes about Cornell?
(a) The weather.
(b) Small town.
(c) Talking to professors.
(d) Cultural experiences.

4. Where does Feynman spend his first year of teaching at Caltech?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Hollywood.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) Brazil.

5. Feynman's friend Jirayr Zorthian would argue that scientist destroyed the beauty of nature when they turned it into _________________.
(a) Theorems.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Mathematical equations.
(d) Dry lectures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Feynman's friend Bob Wilson tells him he has been hired to work on a secret project doing what?

2. Where does Feynman want to stay while in Japan?

3. Feynman has a long fascination with hallucinations and _____________.

4. What method does Feynman use to "trick" people at Princeton into thinking he could do fast math?

5. Feynman does not like the Japanese language because it was too concerned with being _________.

(see the answer key)

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