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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many desserts does the pantry lady leave for Feynman each night when he works at his aunt's hotel?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

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

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

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

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

6. To what does Feynman credit his desire to fix radios when he was just a boy?
(a) His puzzle drive.
(b) His excessive intelligence.
(c) His great mechanical skill.
(d) His parent's encouragement.

7. Feynman has a great reputation for what with the math students at MIT and Princeton?
(a) Calculus.
(b) Exponents.
(c) Integrals.
(d) Algebra.

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

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

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

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

12. What equation does Feynman use to amaze the graduate mathematics students at Princeton?
(a) Sum of x.
(b) Sum of e.
(c) Series for e.
(d) Series for pi.

13. What Brazilian city is Feynman stuck in for a few days before he can get to Rio?
(a) Porto Neches.
(b) Lattes.
(c) Trinidad.
(d) Recife.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Feynman going to be giving lectures in Brazil?

2. While at MIT, Feynman annoys waitresses by leaving his tip in ________________.

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

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

5. What does Feynman's father tell him that the carnival mindreaders use?

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