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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 one thing missing from the cargo cult sciences, according to Feynman?
(a) Consistency.
(b) Proof.
(c) Integrity.
(d) Experiments.

2. Feynman's friend Jirayr Zorthian would argue that scientist destroyed the beauty of nature when they turned it into _________________.
(a) Theorems.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Dry lectures.
(d) Mathematical equations.

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

4. What could Feynman draw in high school art class?
(a) Stacks of cubes.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Pyramids in deserts.
(d) Houses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the reporter from Time magazine tell Feynman about the Nobel?

2. What number in the Mayan document does Feynman come across again and again?

3. Who does Feynman end up publishing a paper with about his new theory?

4. Feynman does not like the Japanese language because it was too concerned with being _________.

5. What is the name of the publisher that made a series of Feynman's physics lectures into books?

Short Essay Questions

1. What convinces Feynman that Japanese culture is more civilized than American culture?

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

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

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

5. Why is Mrs. Smith flustered when Feynman speaks to her in "fake Chinese"?

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

7. What does Feynman discover about particle decay theory?

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

9. How does Feynman help the cab driver figure out which university to take him to for the conference in North Carolina?

10. Why does Feynman decide to learn about Mayan mathematics?

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