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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 eager to try in Japan?
(a) School system.
(b) Japanese food.
(c) Japanese bath.
(d) Bus system.

2. Where is Feynman trying to get every summer when he usually gets stuck in Las Vegas?
(a) Tahoe.
(b) Pacific Ocean.
(c) Hollywood.
(d) San Francisco.

3. What business was Feynman's father in?
(a) Science.
(b) Education.
(c) Farming.
(d) Uniforms.

4. Where do the Las Vegas prostitutes learn the names of famous physicists?
(a) Los Angles Times.
(b) Time Magazine.
(c) People Magazine.
(d) Newsweek.

5. While visiting Caltech, where does Feynman drive every night?
(a) Sunset Strip.
(b) Rodeo Drive.
(c) The beach.
(d) Las Vegas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Besides chatting with gamblers, who else does Feynman like to meet in Las Vegas?

3. In Feynman's opinion, the learning in Brazil relies too heavily on ______________.

4. Who does Feynman have to write a report for about his time in Brazil?

5. Why is Feynman invited to Washington, DC by the Secretary of the Army?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Feynman discover about particle decay theory?

3. How does Feynman discover is the way that Nick the Greek makes his money?

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

5. Why does Feynman give lectures under a false name after winning the Nobel Prize?

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

7. What stipulation does Feynman make before agreeing to lecture at a local city college?

8. Who teaches Feynman to have "out of body" experience in the deprivation tank?

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

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

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