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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 topic of the conference at the University of North Carolina that Feynman attends?
(a) Gravity.
(b) Biology.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Atomic bomb.

2. Feynman is involved in the problematic search for the right laws of _______________.
(a) Particle reflectors.
(b) Beta decay.
(c) Beta reflectors.
(d) Particle decay.

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

4. Where is the first place Feynman stays in Los Alamos?
(a) An old school.
(b) A campground.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A laboratory.

5. What does Feynman use to do his first scent experiment with his wife in her hospital room?
(a) Books.
(b) Sheets.
(c) Towels.
(d) Coke bottles.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Feynman gives his lecture on Mayan culture, what does his friend Murray Gell-Mann give a lecture on weeks later?

2. How long would Feynman spend in the sensory deprivation tank each session?

3. What book does a teacher in high school give Feynman to study so he won't talk during class?

4. Who recommends that Feynman should give a lecture on Mayan mathematics?

5. What does Feynman get the philosophy students at Princeton to argue about?

(see the answer key)

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