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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. What do the philosophy students keep repeating during a lunch lecture at Princeton?

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

3. What is the name of the town where Feynman was born?

4. Ever since high school, Feynman worries about being ____________.

5. What is the topic of the lecture Feynman is invited to give at the Brazilian Academy of Sciences?

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's name being on nuclear patents come back to haunt him in years later?

3. Where does Feynman spend his first night in Ithaca as he begins his career as a professor?

4. What amusing thing does Feynman discover years after his work at the Metaplast Corporation?

5. Why does Feynman fix radios for people as a child?

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

7. What is the purpose of the "Vitals" chapter?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Feynman's fascination with languages and other cultures. What are some of the lessons he takes away from these experiences?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Feynman's analogy of the cargo cult and what he was trying to illustrate to future scientists.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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