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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Feynman do to entertain the girls at the Girl Scout father-daughter banquet?
(a) Sing an Italian opera.
(b) Dance the can-can.
(c) Recite a poem.
(d) Recite Mary Had a Little Lamb.

2. What does young Feynman put on his hands to do his fire trick?
(a) Gasoline.
(b) Lighter fluid.
(c) Benzine.
(d) Charcoal.

3. What tools does Feynman need to pick a Yale lock?
(a) Pliers and hairpin.
(b) Screwdriver and pliers.
(c) Screwdriver and paperclip.
(d) Pliers and paperclip.

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

5. When Feynman starts at MIT, the fraternities have __________ to recruit pledges.
(a) Smokers.
(b) Parties.
(c) Seminars.
(d) Mixers.

6. How much does Cornell University pay Feynman to do the lecture series in Buffalo?
(a) $35 total.
(b) $45 each week.
(c) $35 each week.
(d) $45 total.

7. What book does a teacher in high school give Feynman to study so he won't talk during class?
(a) Mathematics for the Practical Man.
(b) Advanced Chemistry.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Advanced Calculus.

8. What does Feynman's father tell him that the carnival mindreaders use?
(a) Hypnosis.
(b) A code.
(c) Powers of observation.
(d) Magic.

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

10. Which of the following is NOT one of the places Feynman tries to sleep his first night in Ithaca, NY?
(a) Airport.
(b) Hotel.
(c) Couch in a hallway.
(d) Pile of leaves.

11. What does Ms. Eisenhart think Feynman is joking about at the Princeton tea?
(a) Asking for coffee instead of tea.
(b) Having cream and lemon in his tea.
(c) Requesting a soda instead of tea.
(d) Having two lumps of sugar in his tea.

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

13. What does Feynman's dog use to follow his scent around the house?
(a) Bare footprints.
(b) Pajamas.
(c) Sweater.
(d) Shoes.

14. Who is the head of Feynman's department at Cornell?
(a) Bob Wilson.
(b) Hans Bethe.
(c) Professor Gibbs.
(d) Professor Lowell.

15. What does Feynman discover about the study of biology?
(a) There is an answer for everything.
(b) It is just like physics.
(c) There are lots of things no one knew.
(d) It is too easy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which scientist was "topnotch" at calculating at Los Alamos?

2. How does Feynman combat his nervousness while giving his first technical lecture to famous scientists?

3. Which idea of Feynman's did the government patent official tell him had already been taken?

4. For what kind of project does an airline in California offer Feynman a position as director of its laboratory?

5. In what year was Richard P. Feynman born?

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