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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps Feynman at the airport in North Carolina when he attends a conference at the university there?
(a) Taxi driver.
(b) Taxi dispatcher.
(c) Porter.
(d) Stewardess.

2. Besides chatting with gamblers, who else does Feynman like to meet in Las Vegas?
(a) Pit bosses.
(b) Dealers.
(c) Show girls.
(d) Waitresses.

3. What idea does a guy have at the Washington DC cocktail party given by the Secretary of the Army?
(a) Refueling tanks by helicoptors.
(b) Navigating tanks by stars.
(c) Using physicists to designing tanks.
(d) Turning sand into tank fuel.

4. After Feynman gives his lecture on Mayan culture, what does his friend Murray Gell-Mann give a lecture on weeks later?
(a) Linguistics.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Russian culture.
(d) Philosophy.

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

6. What does the man who talks to Feynman by pool of his Las Vegas motel do for a living?
(a) Bet on greyhounds.
(b) Play blackjack.
(c) Bet on horses.
(d) Play poker.

7. What language does the Chinese speaking Caucasian at the Caltech house party think Feynman was using?
(a) Cantonese.
(b) German.
(c) Portuguese.
(d) Mandarian.

8. What is Feynman trying to achieve in the sensory deprivation tank?
(a) Prove it to be a scam.
(b) Out-of-body experience.
(c) Nirvana.
(d) Total relaxation.

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

10. Where does Feynman want to stay while in Japan?
(a) A Japanese-style hotel.
(b) A European-style hotel.
(c) A private home.
(d) A luxurious resort.

11. Which scientist helps Feynman work out which way the difference goes in his new theory?
(a) Gell-Mann.
(b) Wu.
(c) Christy.
(d) Boehem.

12. Feynman would argue with his friend Jirayr Zorthian that artists don't have any subject because they lost their ___________.
(a) Perspective.
(b) Religion.
(c) Sanity.
(d) Ethics.

13. What does Feynman try to teach his friend Jirayr Zorthian?
(a) Art history.
(b) Physics.
(c) Biology.
(d) Math.

14. What is Feynman eager to try in Japan?
(a) Japanese bath.
(b) School system.
(c) Bus system.
(d) Japanese food.

15. What does Feynman believe is not truly being taught in Brazil?
(a) Greek.
(b) Science.
(c) Math.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Feynman always very careless about when he goes on a trip?

2. By how much is Feynman's new theory that he discovers during the Rochester Conference off?

3. What is the topic of the conference Feynman attends in New York to give a younger perspective on some position papers?

4. What causes Feynman to stay at Caltech?

5. Feynman's friend Jirayr Zorthian would argue that scientist destroyed the beauty of nature when they turned it into _________________.

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