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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 the name of the publisher that made a series of Feynman's physics lectures into books?
(a) Addison-Wesley Company.
(b) Norton Paperback.
(c) Random House.
(d) Harcourt Press.

2. Who does Feynman have to write a report for about his time in Brazil?
(a) State Department.
(b) Cornell University.
(c) Physics Institute.
(d) Brazilian Academy of Science.

3. Who does Feynman get into a discussion with about the ethics of education?
(a) A rabbi.
(b) A Jesuit priest.
(c) A historian.
(d) An international lawyer.

4. How many patents does Feynman "sell" to the US government?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

5. What planet does Feynman use in his example of how he spotted the fake Mayan document?
(a) Venus.
(b) Mars.
(c) Saturn.
(d) Jupiter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Feynman's friend Paul at Princeton get him to walk around trying to figure out how to use it without pain for two weeks?

2. It took a certain amount of ___________ for Feynman to turn down requests to advise the government in the early sixties.

3. What tool does young Feynman bring with him to fix the radio at his aunt's hotel?

4. As a child, where does Feynman first learn about the Mayans?

5. Who does Feynman end up publishing a paper with about his new theory?

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