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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is needed to make the patent documents legal for the government?
(a) Approval from Congress.
(b) A signature.
(c) An official seal.
(d) An exchange of money.

2. What is the name of the man in charge of the government patent office while Feynman is in Los Alamos?
(a) Captain Jones.
(b) Hans Bethe.
(c) Captain Smith.
(d) Bob Wilson.

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

4. What is Feynman's salary at Cornell?
(a) $40,000/year.
(b) $4,000/year.
(c) $3,600/year.
(d) $37,000/year.

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

6. Where is Feynman sent to do research before starting work at Los Alamos?
(a) Los Angeles
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York.
(d) Germany.

7. Ever since high school, Feynman worries about being ____________.
(a) A nerd.
(b) A sissy.
(c) A brainiac.
(d) An egghead.

8. Where is Feynman asked to give a series of lectures in Buffalo?
(a) Robinson Airlines.
(b) Mohawk Airlines.
(c) A physics laboratory.
(d) An aeronautics laboratory.

9. What is the name of the restaurant where Feynman strikes up a conversation with a painter?
(a) Ma's Place.
(b) Ed's Diner.
(c) Lou's Diner.
(d) Papa's Place.

10. What is the booth number for the psychiatrist during Feynman's army physical after the war?
(a) Five.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) One.

11. 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.

12. What does the hypnotist at Princeton get Feynman to do?
(a) Walk around the room.
(b) Light a match.
(c) Recite poetry.
(d) Cluck like a chicken.

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

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

15. 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) Abacus.
(b) Measuring tape.
(c) Lighter.
(d) Knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What doesn't Feynman like about working at his aunt's hotel?

2. What was the name of the bar Feynman frequents in Buffalo?

3. What do all the fathers at the Girl Scout father-daughter banquet talk about?

4. In what language does Feynman give his lecture in at the Brazilian Academy of Sciences?

5. Feynman's study of philosophy while at MIT causes him to do research on what?

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