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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the dance hall Feynman likes to go to during his freshman year at MIT?
(a) Raymour and Flannigan Dance Hall.
(b) Raymour and Playmore Ballroom.
(c) Playmour Dance Hall.
(d) Raymore and Saymore Ballroom.

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

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

5. 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 Mary Had a Little Lamb.
(d) Recite a poem.

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

7. What is the name of the physicist Feynman works with one summer during graduate school?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Henry Norris Russel.
(c) Johnny Von Neumann.
(d) John Wheeler.

8. While working at his aunt's hotel, Feynman learned that _________ was a very difficult thing in the real world.
(a) Ambition.
(b) Innovation.
(c) Money.
(d) Politics.

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

10. What is the name of the movie with a psychiatrist that Feynman thinks of during his army physical after the war?
(a) Spellbound.
(b) Casablanca.
(c) Rear Window.
(d) The Birds.

11. Which language class does Feynman almost take because there was a pretty blond walking into it?
(a) Russian.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Portuguese.
(d) French.

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

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

14. What method does Feynman use to "trick" people at Princeton into thinking he could do fast math?
(a) Articulate methiod.
(b) Angles method.
(c) Approximate method.
(d) Addition method.

15. What does Feynman take for one of his humanities credits at MIT?
(a) Art History.
(b) Astrology.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Astrophysics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the women at the nightclub in Albuquerque that Feynman befriends married to?

2. What word do the physics students like to tease the mathematics students about in the graduate lounge?

3. Despite his degree in physics, Feynman works as what for the army during one summer?

4. What is the name of the girl from the nightclub in Albuquerque that eventually sleeps with Feynman?

5. What tools does Feynman need to pick a Yale lock?

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