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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which idea of Feynman's did the government patent official tell him had already been taken?
(a) Rocket.
(b) Airplane.
(c) Submarine.
(d) Electrical plant.

2. For what kind of project does an airline in California offer Feynman a position as director of its laboratory?
(a) Rocket-propelled, nuclear missiles.
(b) Nuclear-propelled, rocket airplanes.
(c) Nucelar rockets.
(d) Wind-propelled airplanes.

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

4. What product does the Metaplast Corporation make that eventually causes the company to close down?
(a) Plastic-coated cameras.
(b) Plastic cups.
(c) Mechanical pencils.
(d) Plastic-coated pens.

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

6. What is a popular topic in the graduate lounge at Princeton?
(a) Food.
(b) Girls.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Topology.

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

8. What is the name of the women at the nightclub in Albuquerque that Feynman befriended?
(a) Gloria.
(b) Shirley.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Arlene.

9. What theory does Feynman never work out, despite doing research on it for years?
(a) Gravitational interaction.
(b) Atomic energy.
(c) Quantum theory of potentials.
(d) Electrodynamics.

10. What is the name of the scientist that Feynman worked for at General Electric after the war?
(a) Hans Bethe.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Frank Oppenheimer.
(d) Bob Wilson.

11. What does Feynman use to do his first scent experiment with his wife in her hospital room?
(a) Sheets.
(b) Books.
(c) Coke bottles.
(d) Towels.

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

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

14. Which insect is Feynman the most interested in studying over the course of his life?
(a) Ants.
(b) Cockroaches.
(c) Bees.
(d) Beetles.

15. While at MIT, Feynman annoys waitresses by leaving his tip in ________________.
(a) The salt shaker.
(b) Full soup bowls.
(c) Old gum under the table.
(d) Upside down glasses full of water.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the first place Feynman stays in Los Alamos?

3. Feynman thinks Princeton is an imitation _________.

4. What is needed to make the patent documents legal for the government?

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

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