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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 Feynman eager to try in Japan?
(a) Japanese food.
(b) Japanese bath.
(c) Bus system.
(d) School system.

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

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

4. Who does Feynman end up publishing a paper with about his new theory?
(a) Gell-Mann.
(b) Christy.
(c) Wu.
(d) Boehem.

5. What idea does a guy have at the Washington DC cocktail party given by the Secretary of the Army?
(a) Using physicists to designing tanks.
(b) Turning sand into tank fuel.
(c) Navigating tanks by stars.
(d) Refueling tanks by helicoptors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Feynman stay during the conference in New York to give a younger perspective on some position papers?

2. What is Feynman always very careless about when he goes on a trip?

3. What would Feynman's landlady in Ithaca come to his apartment to listen to?

4. Where doesFeynman give lectures every Wednesday?

5. What planet does Feynman use in his example of how he spotted the fake Mayan document?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Feynman discover about particle decay theory?

2. What is Feynman's experience like when he serves on a committee to choose math textbooks for California?

3. How does Feynman immerse himself in Japanese culture while attending a conference in Japan?

4. What does Feynman think is the reason Jews are overrepresented in the sciences?

5. Who introduces Feynman to the sense deprivation tank?

6. How does Feynman discover is the way that Nick the Greek makes his money?

7. Why is the experience of winning the Nobel Prize stressful to Feynman?

8. What does Feynman mean by "cargo cults"?

9. What does Feynman later learn about offer from University of Chicago?

10. What stipulation does Feynman make before agreeing to lecture at a local city college?

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