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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. When Feynman graduates from MIT there are no jobs for __________.

2. What is the name of the women at the nightclub in Albuquerque that Feynman befriended?

3. For what kind of project does an airline in California offer Feynman a position as director of its laboratory?

4. Why is Feynman deferred from the army again after the war?

5. Where are the top secret papers first kept at Los Alamos?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Feynman learn the mind-reading trick he tries on his fellow students at Princeton?

3. What does Feynman mean when he says he is working with a "different box of tools" than the math students are?

4. What is Feynman's fascination with locks and safes?

5. Why does Feynman get paid one dollar for ideas on nuclear energy?

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

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

8. What are Feynman's experience with hypnotism?

9. Why is Feynman rejected by the army draft board?

10. What challenges does Feynman face in his undergraduate courses?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Feynman's experiences in the field of Biology. What motivates Feynman to explore subjects out of his field of expertise?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Feynman's experience of giving his first technical lecture to the "monster minds." What two things did he take away from this experience?

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