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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. As a child, where does Feynman first learn about the Mayans?
(a) New York Museum of Natural History.
(b) New York World's Fair.
(c) York County Fair.
(d) High School Science Fair.

2. What kind of music do Ralph Leighton and Feynman play together?
(a) Piano.
(b) Cello.
(c) Opera.
(d) Drums.

3. What special ceremony did the students in Sweden have for the Nobel Prize winner?
(a) King's Prize.
(b) Order of the Frog.
(c) Queen's Prize.
(d) Order of the Pig.

4. It took a certain amount of ___________ for Feynman to turn down requests to advise the government in the early sixties.
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Courage.
(c) Stupidity.
(d) Arrogance.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the topic of the conference at the University of North Carolina that Feynman attends?

3. After Feynman gives his lecture on Mayan culture, what does his friend Murray Gell-Mann give a lecture on weeks later?

4. What does Feynman believe is not truly being taught in Brazil?

5. What is the name of the Chinese-speaking Caucasian at the Caltech house party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Feynman's connection to a Pasadena topless bar?

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

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

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

5. What does Feynman discover about particle decay theory?

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

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

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

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 Professor Bacher want to play a trick on Feynman using Mrs. Smith who speaks Chinese?

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