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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. Who helps Feynman at the airport in North Carolina when he attends a conference at the university there?
(a) Taxi dispatcher.
(b) Stewardess.
(c) Porter.
(d) Taxi driver.

2. Feynman would argue with his friend Jirayr Zorthian that artists don't have any subject because they lost their ___________.
(a) Perspective.
(b) Ethics.
(c) Sanity.
(d) Religion.

3. After Feynman gives his lecture on Mayan culture, what does his friend Murray Gell-Mann give a lecture on weeks later?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Linguistics.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Russian culture.

4. What almost causes Feynman to go back to Cornell after being at Caltech?
(a) Smog.
(b) A woman.
(c) Rent prices.
(d) Traffic.

5. What is the topic of the conference at the University of North Carolina that Feynman attends?
(a) Atomic bomb.
(b) Biology.
(c) Gravity.
(d) Mathematics.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the end of the book, Feynman has concluded that it is not a ____________ world.

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

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

4. What causes Feynman to stay at Caltech?

5. As a child, where does Feynman first learn about the Mayans?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Feynman mistaken for a Native American performing a tribal ritual?

3. Why does Feynman decide to stay with Caltech during the bidding war between Caltech and Cornell?

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

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

6. What problem does Feynman run into when he flies to North Carolina for a conference?

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

8. What does Feynman later learn about offer from University of Chicago?

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

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

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