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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Feynman credit his desire to fix radios when he was just a boy?
(a) His excessive intelligence.
(b) His great mechanical skill.
(c) His parent's encouragement.
(d) His puzzle drive.

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

3. What is the name of the scientist that Feynman worked for at General Electric after the war?
(a) Frank Oppenheimer.
(b) Bob Wilson.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Hans Bethe.

4. Feynman thinks Princeton is an imitation _________.
(a) Oxford.
(b) MIT.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Ivy League.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Who is the women at the nightclub in Albuquerque that Feynman befriends married to?
(a) The bartender.
(b) The master-of-ceremonies.
(c) The bouncer.
(d) The owner.

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

13. What is the name of the town where Feynman was born?
(a) New York City.
(b) Far Rockaway.
(c) Queens.
(d) Rock Harbor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the bar Feynman frequents in Buffalo?

2. What do all the fathers at the Girl Scout father-daughter banquet talk about?

3. What color paint do Feynman and the professional painter argue about?

4. What does Feynman spend his dollar on that he received for selling his government patent?

5. What theory does Feynman never work out, despite doing research on it for years?

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