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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 Feynman always very careless about when he goes on a trip?
(a) Money.
(b) Host information.
(c) Packing.
(d) Time.
2. While visiting Caltech, where does Feynman drive every night?
(a) Las Vegas.
(b) Rodeo Drive.
(c) The beach.
(d) Sunset Strip.
3. As a child, where does Feynman first learn about the Mayans?
(a) York County Fair.
(b) New York Museum of Natural History.
(c) New York World's Fair.
(d) High School Science Fair.
4. Why is Feynman invited to Washington, DC by the Secretary of the Army?
(a) For a top-secret meeting.
(b) To evaluate weapons.
(c) To explain the atomic bomb.
(d) To receive an award.
5. What language does the Chinese speaking Caucasian at the Caltech house party think Feynman was using?
(a) Cantonese.
(b) German.
(c) Mandarian.
(d) Portuguese.
Short Answer Questions
1. After Feynman gives his lecture on Mayan culture, what does his friend Murray Gell-Mann give a lecture on weeks later?
2. What is Feynman's reaction when he is told he won the Nobel Prize?
3. What musicians in the ethnological records that are given to Feynman does he admire the most?
4. What is the name of the publisher that made a series of Feynman's physics lectures into books?
5. What kind of music do Ralph Leighton and Feynman play together?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Feynman realize when he befriends some Las Vegas showgirls?
2. What does Feynman think is the reason Jews are overrepresented in the sciences?
3. Why is the experience of winning the Nobel Prize stressful to Feynman?
4. What problem does Feynman run into when he flies to North Carolina for a conference?
5. Although "The Seven Percent Solution" discusses physics in a technical way, what is the main point of the chapter?
6. Why does Professor Bacher want to play a trick on Feynman using Mrs. Smith who speaks Chinese?
7. Why is Feynman asked to give a lecture on Mayan math at UCLA?
8. What does Feynman later learn about offer from University of Chicago?
9. What stipulation does Feynman make before agreeing to lecture at a local city college?
10. What does Feynman discover about particle decay theory?
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