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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 number in the Mayan document does Feynman come across again and again?
(a) 2920.
(b) 584.
(c) 13.
(d) 236.
2. How does Feynman choose the number 13 for the number of signatures he is willing to sign for the city college paperwork?
(a) Randomly.
(b) Lucky number.
(c) Scientifically.
(d) Favorite number.
3. What university offers Feynman a staggering salary?
(a) Oxford University.
(b) University of Chicago.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) University of North Carolina.
4. While visiting Caltech, where does Feynman drive every night?
(a) The beach.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Sunset Strip.
(d) Rodeo Drive.
5. What problem does Feynman have with giving lectures after he wins the Nobel Prize?
(a) Physics students expecting favors.
(b) People wanting to know his secrets.
(c) Too few people attending.
(d) Too many people attending.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who helps Feynman at the airport in North Carolina when he attends a conference at the university there?
2. Where does Feynman go to try the hot baths?
3. Feynman does not like the Japanese language because it was too concerned with being _________.
4. What language does the Chinese speaking Caucasian at the Caltech house party think Feynman was using?
5. What does Feynman believe is not truly being taught in Brazil?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Mrs. Smith flustered when Feynman speaks to her in "fake Chinese"?
2. Why does Feynman's refusal to sign a fourteenth signature create confusion for the college's accounting department?
3. What convinces Feynman that Japanese culture is more civilized than American culture?
4. How does Feynman help the cab driver figure out which university to take him to for the conference in North Carolina?
5. Why does Professor Bacher want to play a trick on Feynman using Mrs. Smith who speaks Chinese?
6. What does Feynman think is the reason Jews are overrepresented in the sciences?
7. Why does Feynman take art lessons from Jiyrayr Zorthian?
8. How does Feynman immerse himself in Japanese culture while attending a conference in Japan?
9. Why does Feynman give lectures under a false name after winning the Nobel Prize?
10. Although "The Seven Percent Solution" discusses physics in a technical way, what is the main point of the chapter?
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