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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. Where does Feynman get his term "cargo cult"?
(a) Brazil.
(b) China.
(c) South Seas.
(d) Africa.

2. What is Feynman's dilemma when he arrives at the airport to go to the conference at the University of North Carolina?
(a) He is there at the wrong time.
(b) He has no money for a taxi.
(c) He forgot his suitcase.
(d) He doesn't know which university is hosting the conference.

3. What does the reporter from Time magazine tell Feynman about the Nobel?
(a) How he should act with the King of Sweden.
(b) It's a practical joke.
(c) He should give him exclusive interview rights.
(d) He should accept the prize.

4. Who designs the hotel where Feynman stays in Japan?
(a) Aldo Rossi.
(b) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(c) Fumihiko Maki.
(d) Albert Kahn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. It took a certain amount of ___________ for Feynman to turn down requests to advise the government in the early sixties.

2. What is the first document Feynman has to sign for the city college?

3. How many signatures does Feynman get to before he gives the lecture at the city college?

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

5. What is the "disease" of the middle age that Feynman is afflicted with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Feynman ultimately resign from textbook reviewing?

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

5. Why does Feynman's refusal to sign a fourteenth signature create confusion for the college's accounting department?

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Feynman take art lessons from Jiyrayr Zorthian?

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