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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Feynman's study of philosophy while at MIT causes him to do research on what?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Professors.

3. Where is Feynman going to be giving lectures in Brazil?
(a) Center for Learning Languages.
(b) Center for Physical Research.
(c) Center for Foreign Research.
(d) Center for Physics Research.

4. In high school Feynman changed the trigonometry ____________ because he didn't like the way they looked.
(a) Answers.
(b) Equations.
(c) Symbols.
(d) Textbooks.

5. What is the machine Feynman designs for the army intended to be used for?
(a) Machine guns.
(b) Radar.
(c) Bombs.
(d) Tanks.

6. Despite his degree in physics, Feynman works as what for the army during one summer?
(a) Biologist.
(b) Gunner.
(c) Mechanical engineer.
(d) Soldier.

7. Feynman's friend Bob Wilson tells him he has been hired to work on a secret project doing what?
(a) Separating electrons from protons.
(b) Separating the isotopes of uranium.
(c) Dividing atomic energy into subparts.
(d) Dividing protons of uranium.

8. What do the philosophy students keep repeating during a lunch lecture at Princeton?
(a) Essential object.
(b) Object essence.
(c) Objectional essentials.
(d) Essence of being.

9. Who tutored Feynman's father as a child?
(a) A mathematician.
(b) A hypnotists.
(c) A mindreader.
(d) A magician.

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

11. What does Feynman spend his dollar on that he received for selling his government patent?
(a) Socks.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Beer.
(d) Cookies.

12. Why is Feynman deferred from the army again after the war?
(a) He is working on the bomb.
(b) He is teaching.
(c) Physical limitations.
(d) Medical reasons.

13. What was the name of the bar Feynman frequents in Buffalo?
(a) Buffalo Bill's.
(b) Black and White.
(c) Curly's.
(d) The Alibi Room.

14. Feynman compares the sounds of listening to the radio as a boy to what?
(a) Italian opera.
(b) The ocean.
(c) Church service.
(d) A visit to the dentist.

15. What is the man from Japan that Feynman meets in a restaurant trying to sell?
(a) Stationary.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Calculators.
(d) An Abacus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the physicist Feynman works with one summer during graduate school?

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the places Feynman tries to sleep his first night in Ithaca, NY?

3. What is the name of the singer at the nightclub in Albuquerque who introduces Feynman to girls?

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

5. How many desserts does the pantry lady leave for Feynman each night when he works at his aunt's hotel?

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