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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. As a kid, what does Feynman observe under his microscope?
(a) Ants.
(b) Paramecia.
(c) Bacteria.
(d) Amoebae.

7. When Feynman graduates from MIT there are no jobs for __________.
(a) Scientists.
(b) Physicists.
(c) Engineers.
(d) Soldiers.

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

9. What does Feynman get the philosophy students at Princeton to argue about?
(a) Nothingness.
(b) A car.
(c) A brick.
(d) Electrons.

10. In what year does Feynman's wife Arlene die?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1946.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Feynman take for one of his humanities credits at MIT?

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

3. Where does Feynman spend a summer working for the army?

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

5. To what does Feynman credit his desire to fix radios when he was just a boy?

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