View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem does Feynman have with giving lectures after he wins the Nobel Prize?
(a) Too few people attending.
(b) Too many people attending.
(c) Physics students expecting favors.
(d) People wanting to know his secrets.

2. Who recommends that Feynman should give a lecture on Mayan mathematics?
(a) Bob Wilson.
(b) Nina Beyers.
(c) Hans Bethe.
(d) Otto Neugebauer.

3. How does Feynman choose the number 13 for the number of signatures he is willing to sign for the city college paperwork?
(a) Favorite number.
(b) Lucky number.
(c) Randomly.
(d) Scientifically.

4. Feynman's friend Jirayr Zorthian would argue that scientist destroyed the beauty of nature when they turned it into _________________.
(a) Mathematical equations.
(b) Theorems.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Dry lectures.

5. What is the topic of the conference Feynman attends in New York to give a younger perspective on some position papers?
(a) The ethics of philiosophy.
(b) The ethics of equality.
(c) The science of ethical morality.
(d) The morality of science.

6. Who does Feynman have to write a report for about his time in Brazil?
(a) Cornell University.
(b) Brazilian Academy of Science.
(c) Physics Institute.
(d) State Department.

7. Where do the Las Vegas prostitutes learn the names of famous physicists?
(a) Los Angles Times.
(b) People Magazine.
(c) Newsweek.
(d) Time Magazine.

8. Feynman told the woman from Denmark after the Nobel dinner that they could talk about physics because everybody ___________.
(a) Knew how to fake knowledge.
(b) Knew a little about it.
(c) Knew nothing about it.
(d) Knew more about than they thought.

9. On what topic does Feynman ask a question on behalf of Martin Block to the other top physicists?
(a) Parity freedom.
(b) Quantum violation.
(c) Freedom of liquidity.
(d) Violation of parity.

10. The textbooks Feynman evaluates try to combine math with _____________.
(a) Games.
(b) Science.
(c) Practical applications.
(d) Literature.

11. Who does the dancer from the Flamingo tell Feynman she was?
(a) Wife of John Big.
(b) Sister of John Big.
(c) Daughter of John Big.
(d) Assistant to John Big.

12. What does Nick the Greek use to win his bets?
(a) The odds.
(b) Reputations.
(c) Betting on the table.
(d) Superstitions.

13. What university is Baba Ram Das from?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Caltech.
(c) UCLA.
(d) Harvard.

14. Where is Feynman when Dr. Wheeler asks him to go to Japan?
(a) Cornell.
(b) Caltech.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Las Vegas.

15. What is the name of the musician who gives Feynman lessons after they meet on the Sunset Strip?
(a) Ukonu.
(b) Pierre Bon.
(c) Mario Pietali.
(d) Hans Felder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What number in the Mayan document does Feynman come across again and again?

2. Who helps Feynman at the airport in North Carolina when he attends a conference at the university there?

3. Why doesn't the stenographer at the conference in New York think Feynman could be a professor?

4. What causes Feynman to stay at Caltech?

5. Where is Feynman trying to get every summer when he usually gets stuck in Las Vegas?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 471 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample