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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 does the Japanese salesman in Brazil challenge Feynman to do?
(a) Stand on his head.
(b) Cube roots.
(c) Drink shots.
(d) Quadratic equations.

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

3. What does Feynman do to entertain the girls at the Girl Scout father-daughter banquet?
(a) Recite a poem.
(b) Dance the can-can.
(c) Recite Mary Had a Little Lamb.
(d) Sing an Italian opera.

4. What equation does Feynman use to amaze the graduate mathematics students at Princeton?
(a) Sum of x.
(b) Series for e.
(c) Sum of e.
(d) Series for pi.

5. What object does Feynman's friend Paul at Princeton get him to walk around trying to figure out how to use it without pain for two weeks?
(a) Measuring tape.
(b) Abacus.
(c) Knife.
(d) Lighter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Feynman asked to give a series of lectures in Buffalo?

2. What do the philosophy students keep repeating during a lunch lecture at Princeton?

3. In what language does Feynman give his lecture in at the Brazilian Academy of Sciences?

4. In high school Feynman changed the trigonometry ____________ because he didn't like the way they looked.

5. What is the machine Feynman designs for the army intended to be used for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Feynman get to perform with a samba during the Rio carnival?

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

5. What challenges does Feynman face in his undergraduate courses?

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

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

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

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

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

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