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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Feynman doing in the picture in the preface of the Feynman Lectures?
(a) Playing drums.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Working in Los Alamos.
(d) Giving a lecture.

3. In what year does Feynman attend a conference at the University of North Carolina?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1964.

4. Who designs the hotel where Feynman stays in Japan?
(a) Aldo Rossi.
(b) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(c) Fumihiko Maki.
(d) Albert Kahn.

5. What university offers Feynman a staggering salary?
(a) University of North Carolina.
(b) University of Chicago.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Oxford University.

6. What business was Feynman's father in?
(a) Education.
(b) Science.
(c) Farming.
(d) Uniforms.

7. What would Feynman's landlady in Ithaca come to his apartment to listen to?
(a) Classical music.
(b) Feynman playing drums.
(c) Feyman talking about art.
(d) Stories about Los Alamos.

8. Which one of the following does Feynman NOT use as an example of mysticism?
(a) Astrology.
(b) ESP.
(c) Conspiracy theories.
(d) UFOs.

9. In Feynman's opinion, the learning in Brazil relies too heavily on ______________.
(a) Textbooks.
(b) Memorizing.
(c) Equations.
(d) Experiments.

10. What is the one thing missing from the cargo cult sciences, according to Feynman?
(a) Consistency.
(b) Experiments.
(c) Integrity.
(d) Proof.

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

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

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

14. What musicians in the ethnological records that are given to Feynman does he admire the most?
(a) Belgian pianists.
(b) Italian sopranos.
(c) Watusi drummers.
(d) French cellists.

15. Where doesFeynman give lectures every Wednesday?
(a) Padadena Public Library.
(b) UCLA.
(c) Putnam Investments.
(d) Hughes Aircraft Company.

Short Answer Questions

1. The textbooks Feynman evaluates try to combine math with _____________.

2. What kind of music do Ralph Leighton and Feynman play together?

3. How much does the science teacher offer Feynman to give a lecture?

4. How long would Feynman spend in the sensory deprivation tank each session?

5. How does Feynman choose the number 13 for the number of signatures he is willing to sign for the city college paperwork?

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