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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the singer at the nightclub in Albuquerque who introduces Feynman to girls?
(a) Tammy.
(b) Talia.
(c) Tamara.
(d) Tonya.

2. When Feynman graduates from MIT there are no jobs for __________.
(a) Engineers.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Physicists.

3. What does Feynman's father tell him that the carnival mindreaders use?
(a) Magic.
(b) Powers of observation.
(c) Hypnosis.
(d) A code.

4. How many patents does Feynman "sell" to the US government?
(a) None.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

5. What method does Feynman use to "trick" people at Princeton into thinking he could do fast math?
(a) Angles method.
(b) Addition method.
(c) Articulate methiod.
(d) Approximate method.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Feynman combat his nervousness while giving his first technical lecture to famous scientists?

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

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the places Feynman tries to sleep his first night in Ithaca, NY?

4. Where are the top secret papers first kept at Los Alamos?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Feynman rejected by the army draft board?

2. What is Feynman's experience like on his trips to Brazil?

3. How does Feynman meet Albert Einstein?

4. What strategy for picking up women does Feynman learn from his friend Gloria?

5. How does Feynman's name being on nuclear patents come back to haunt him in years later?

6. Why does Feynman get paid one dollar for ideas on nuclear energy?

7. What makes Feynman nervous about attending Princeton and what poses challenges for him?

8. What "party trick" does Feynman do with his ability to smell?

9. What is Feynman's fascination with locks and safes?

10. What amusing thing does Feynman discover years after his work at the Metaplast Corporation?

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