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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the philosophy students keep repeating during a lunch lecture at Princeton?
(a) Essence of being.
(b) Objectional essentials.
(c) Essential object.
(d) Object essence.

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

3. Who first gets Feynman interested in South America?
(a) A waitress.
(b) A hitchhicker.
(c) His wife.
(d) A mechanic.

4. Where does Feynman spend a summer working for the army?
(a) Washington, DC.
(b) Frankfort.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) New York City.

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

6. Who is the head of Feynman's department at Cornell?
(a) Professor Gibbs.
(b) Professor Lowell.
(c) Bob Wilson.
(d) Hans Bethe.

7. 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.

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

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

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

11. What tool does young Feynman bring with him to fix the radio at his aunt's hotel?
(a) Electric coil.
(b) Screwdriver.
(c) Wrench.
(d) Pliers.

12. Which of the following is NOT one of the places Feynman tries to sleep his first night in Ithaca, NY?
(a) Couch in a hallway.
(b) Airport.
(c) Pile of leaves.
(d) Hotel.

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

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

15. Where is the first place Feynman stays in Los Alamos?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A laboratory.
(c) A campground.
(d) An old school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does a teacher in high school give Feynman to study so he won't talk during class?

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

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

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

5. How much does Feynman have to pay for what the TWA hostess orders in the nightclub in Albuquerque?

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