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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. While working at his aunt's hotel, Feynman learned that _________ was a very difficult thing in the real world.

2. What is the name of the girl from the nightclub in Albuquerque that eventually sleeps with Feynman?

3. In what year does Feynman's wife Arlene die?

4. What is the name of the restaurant where Feynman strikes up a conversation with a painter?

5. As a kid, what does Feynman observe under his microscope?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Feynman encounters a Japanese man who wants him to use an abacus to solve math problems?

2. How does Feynman spend the money he makes giving weekend lectures in Buffalo?

3. What does young Feynman notice about paramecia when he looks at them under a microscope?

4. How does Feynman get to perform with a samba during the Rio carnival?

5. How does Feynman meet Albert Einstein?

6. What does Feynman discover about being a member of a fraternity while attending MIT?

7. What are Feynman's experience with hypnotism?

8. What are Feynman's experience with the field of biology?

9. Who teaches Feynman to use logic to solve math problems?

10. What strategy for picking up women does Feynman learn from his friend Gloria?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Feynman's thoughts on the "the reality of experiences" through his interest in dreams, hallucinations, and hypnosis.

Essay Topic 2

Feynman warns student to test all possible explanations for phenomena, to examine all data empirically without personal bias, and to extend the same courtesy and humility when discussing your research with laypeople as you do toward fellow scientists. Describe some of the ways Feynman demonstrated these traits throughout his life.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the many things in Feynman's private life that you wouldn't necessarily associate with a professor in physics and a Nobel laureate, and why.

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