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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 word do the physics students like to tease the mathematics students about in the graduate lounge?
(a) Obvious.
(b) Trivial.
(c) Construct.
(d) Theorem.

2. What kind of music do Ralph Leighton and Feynman play together?
(a) Drums.
(b) Opera.
(c) Cello.
(d) Piano.

3. What could Feynman draw in high school art class?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Houses.
(c) Pyramids in deserts.
(d) Stacks of cubes.

4. 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?
(a) Lighter.
(b) Abacus.
(c) Measuring tape.
(d) Knife.

5. What does Feynman learn signaled a social mistake at Princeton?
(a) Heh-heh-heh-heh.
(b) Uhm-uhm-uhm.
(c) Surely you're joking!
(d) Hmm-hmm-hmm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the document that gets Feynman interested in Mayan culture?

2. What does Feynman's father tell him that the carnival mindreaders use?

3. What causes Feynman to stay at Caltech?

4. What is the name of the host of the house party Feynman attends shorty after arriving at Caltech?

5. Feynman says the conference he attends in New York to give a younger perspective on some position papers was worse than a _____________.

(see the answer key)

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