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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. Which idea of Feynman's did the government patent official tell him had already been taken?
(a) Rocket.
(b) Airplane.
(c) Electrical plant.
(d) Submarine.

2. Where are the top secret papers first kept at Los Alamos?
(a) Boxes.
(b) Bank safe.
(c) Filing cabinets.
(d) Underground.

3. By how much is Feynman's new theory that he discovers during the Rochester Conference off?
(a) 7 percent.
(b) 12 percent.
(c) 3 percent.
(d) 9 percent.

4. What would Feynman's landlady in Ithaca come to his apartment to listen to?
(a) Feyman talking about art.
(b) Classical music.
(c) Stories about Los Alamos.
(d) Feynman playing drums.

5. During a one-year sabbatical, what does Feynman work on in a biology lab?
(a) Viruses.
(b) DNA.
(c) RNA.
(d) Reproduction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the machine Feynman designs for the army intended to be used for?

2. Feynman thinks Princeton is an imitation _________.

3. Why is Feynman invited to Washington, DC by the Secretary of the Army?

4. How does Feynman solve his dilemma at the airport when he goes to the conference at the University of North Carolina?

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

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