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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 "disease" of the middle age that Feynman is afflicted with?
(a) Ethical ambiguity.
(b) Race cars and fast women.
(c) Middle age spread.
(d) Giving philosophical talks about science.

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

3. What business was Feynman's father in?
(a) Uniforms.
(b) Farming.
(c) Education.
(d) Science.

4. What is Feynman doing in the picture in the preface of the Feynman Lectures?
(a) Playing drums.
(b) Working in Los Alamos.
(c) Giving a lecture.
(d) Drawing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Feynman get his term "cargo cult"?

2. Who does Feynman get into a discussion with about the ethics of education?

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

4. Where does Feynman go to try the hot baths?

5. On what topic does Feynman ask a question on behalf of Martin Block to the other top physicists?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Feynman advise students that they can avoid the cargo cult?

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

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

4. Why does a group of rabbinical students consult Feynman on scientific matters?

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

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

7. Although "The Seven Percent Solution" discusses physics in a technical way, what is the main point of the chapter?

8. Who introduces Feynman to the sense deprivation tank?

9. How does Feynman end up providing a drum soundtrack for ballet competitions?

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

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