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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Feynman let the TWA hostess order in the nightclub in Albuquerque when he was pretending to be drunk?
(a) Beer.
(b) Drinks on the house.
(c) Champagne.
(d) Wine.

2. 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.

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

4. What tools does Feynman need to pick a Yale lock?
(a) Screwdriver and paperclip.
(b) Pliers and paperclip.
(c) Screwdriver and pliers.
(d) Pliers and hairpin.

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

6. Despite his degree in physics, Feynman works as what for the army during one summer?
(a) Biologist.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Mechanical engineer.
(d) Gunner.

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

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

9. Ever since high school, Feynman worries about being ____________.
(a) A nerd.
(b) A brainiac.
(c) An egghead.
(d) A sissy.

10. How much does Feynman have to pay for what the TWA hostess orders in the nightclub in Albuquerque?
(a) Six dollars.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A hundred dollars.
(d) Sixteen dollars.

11. What is the name of the girl from the nightclub in Albuquerque that eventually sleeps with Feynman?
(a) Alice.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Ann.
(d) Amy.

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

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

14. What is the name of the singer at the nightclub in Albuquerque who introduces Feynman to girls?
(a) Tamara.
(b) Tammy.
(c) Tonya.
(d) Talia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Japanese salesman in Brazil challenge Feynman to do?

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

3. In high school Feynman changed the trigonometry ____________ because he didn't like the way they looked.

4. For what kind of project does an airline in California offer Feynman a position as director of its laboratory?

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

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