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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. During a one-year sabbatical, what does Feynman work on in a biology lab?
(a) Reproduction.
(b) Viruses.
(c) RNA.
(d) DNA.

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

3. Who is the head of Feynman's department at Cornell?
(a) Bob Wilson.
(b) Professor Gibbs.
(c) Hans Bethe.
(d) Professor Lowell.

4. What is the machine Feynman designs for the army intended to be used for?
(a) Bombs.
(b) Tanks.
(c) Machine guns.
(d) Radar.

5. What was the name of the bar Feynman frequents in Buffalo?
(a) Black and White.
(b) The Alibi Room.
(c) Curly's.
(d) Buffalo Bill's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ms. Eisenhart think Feynman is joking about at the Princeton tea?

2. Feynman thinks Princeton is an imitation _________.

3. Ever since high school, Feynman worries about being ____________.

4. What word do the physics students like to tease the mathematics students about in the graduate lounge?

5. What is the booth number for the psychiatrist during Feynman's army physical after the war?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Feynman's role in the Manhattan Project?

4. What are Feynman's experience with the field of biology?

5. Where does Feynman spend his first night in Ithaca as he begins his career as a professor?

6. What is the purpose of the "Vitals" chapter?

7. What is Feynman's "fake Italian"?

8. How does Feynman spend the money he makes giving weekend lectures in Buffalo?

9. What does Feynman discover about being a member of a fraternity while attending MIT?

10. Why does Feynman fix radios for people as a child?

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