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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tutored Feynman's father as a child?
(a) A mathematician.
(b) A mindreader.
(c) A magician.
(d) A hypnotists.

2. What is Feynman's salary at Cornell?
(a) $37,000/year.
(b) $3,600/year.
(c) $4,000/year.
(d) $40,000/year.

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

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

5. Feynman gets a B+ on a English paper about ___________ even though he wrote about another topic.
(a) Faust.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Huxley.

6. What doesn't Feynman like about working at his aunt's hotel?
(a) The boss.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Tipping.
(d) Long hours.

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

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

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

10. In high school Feynman changed the trigonometry ____________ because he didn't like the way they looked.
(a) Textbooks.
(b) Equations.
(c) Answers.
(d) Symbols.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the topic of the lecture Feynman is invited to give at the Brazilian Academy of Sciences?

2. What does Feynman let the TWA hostess order in the nightclub in Albuquerque when he was pretending to be drunk?

3. What do the philosophy students keep repeating during a lunch lecture at Princeton?

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

5. What does the hypnotist at Princeton get Feynman to do?

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