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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why is Feynman deferred from the army again after the war?
(a) Medical reasons.
(b) Physical limitations.
(c) He is teaching.
(d) He is working on the bomb.

4. What does Feynman do to entertain the girls at the Girl Scout father-daughter banquet?
(a) Dance the can-can.
(b) Sing an Italian opera.
(c) Recite Mary Had a Little Lamb.
(d) Recite a poem.

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

6. 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.

7. When Feynman starts at MIT, the fraternities have __________ to recruit pledges.
(a) Seminars.
(b) Parties.
(c) Smokers.
(d) Mixers.

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

9. According to Feynman, all __________ stopped during the war.
(a) Productivity.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Science.
(d) Engineering.

10. What equation does Feynman use to amaze the graduate mathematics students at Princeton?
(a) Sum of e.
(b) Series for pi.
(c) Sum of x.
(d) Series for e.

11. What does Feynman spend his dollar on that he received for selling his government patent?
(a) Beer.
(b) Socks.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Cookies.

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

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

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

15. What object does Feynman's friend Paul at Princeton get him to walk around trying to figure out how to use it without pain for two weeks?
(a) Knife.
(b) Abacus.
(c) Lighter.
(d) Measuring tape.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the town where Feynman was born?

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

3. What does Feynman learn signaled a social mistake at Princeton?

4. What is the name of the restaurant where Feynman strikes up a conversation with a painter?

5. What tool does young Feynman bring with him to fix the radio at his aunt's hotel?

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