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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Feynman has a long fascination with hallucinations and _____________.
(a) Hypnosis.
(b) Sense deprivation.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Drugs.

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

3. By how much is Feynman's new theory that he discovers during the Rochester Conference off?
(a) 7 percent.
(b) 3 percent.
(c) 9 percent.
(d) 12 percent.

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

5. It took a certain amount of ___________ for Feynman to turn down requests to advise the government in the early sixties.
(a) Stupidity.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Courage.
(d) Arrogance.

6. What is the topic of the conference at the University of North Carolina that Feynman attends?
(a) Biology.
(b) Gravity.
(c) Atomic bomb.
(d) Mathematics.

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

8. How does Feynman solve his dilemma at the airport when he goes to the conference at the University of North Carolina?
(a) He does card tricks for money.
(b) He buys what he needs at the airport gift shop.
(c) He goes to a bar to have a good time.
(d) He describes the conference goers.

9. Where does Feynman take art classes?
(a) Pasadena Art Museum.
(b) Caltech.
(c) Art Institure of L.A.
(d) UCLA.

10. Where is Feynman when he discovers he can distinguish good art from bad art?
(a) Sistene Chapel.
(b) Pasadena Art Museum.
(c) Basilica.
(d) Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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

12. How much does the science teacher offer Feynman to give a lecture?
(a) $60.
(b) $500.
(c) $50.
(d) $600.

13. Feynman is involved in the problematic search for the right laws of _______________.
(a) Particle decay.
(b) Beta decay.
(c) Beta reflectors.
(d) Particle reflectors.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Feynman spend his first year of teaching at Caltech?

2. While staying in Syracuse, who gives Feynman good advice about figuring out a complicated theory?

3. Which scientist helps Feynman work out which way the difference goes in his new theory?

4. Feynman would argue with his friend Jirayr Zorthian that artists don't have any subject because they lost their ___________.

5. As a child, where does Feynman first learn about the Mayans?

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