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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 do the philosophy students keep repeating during a lunch lecture at Princeton?
(a) Objectional essentials.
(b) Essential object.
(c) Essence of being.
(d) Object essence.

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

3. What is the name of the restaurant where Feynman strikes up a conversation with a painter?
(a) Lou's Diner.
(b) Ed's Diner.
(c) Ma's Place.
(d) Papa's Place.

4. Which idea of Feynman's did the government patent official tell him had already been taken?
(a) Rocket.
(b) Airplane.
(c) Submarine.
(d) Electrical plant.

5. What doesn't Feynman like about working at his aunt's hotel?
(a) Long hours.
(b) Smoking.
(c) The boss.
(d) Tipping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Feynman discover about the study of biology?

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

3. What is the name of the physicist Feynman works with one summer during graduate school?

4. While working at his aunt's hotel, Feynman learned that _________ was a very difficult thing in the real world.

5. What does the hypnotist at Princeton get Feynman to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who teaches Feynman to use logic to solve math problems?

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

9. How does Feynman meet Albert Einstein?

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

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