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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 is the booth number for the psychiatrist during Feynman's army physical after the war?
2. How many students immediately volunteer to take part in the hypnotism demonstration at Princeton?
3. What is the name of the dance hall Feynman likes to go to during his freshman year at MIT?
4. What is Feynman's salary at Cornell?
5. How many desserts does the pantry lady leave for Feynman each night when he works at his aunt's hotel?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Feynman get to perform with a samba during the Rio carnival?
2. What is Feynman's "fake Italian"?
3. What strategy for picking up women does Feynman learn from his friend Gloria?
4. What are Feynman's experience with the field of biology?
5. Why does Feynman get paid one dollar for ideas on nuclear energy?
6. What does Feynman learn from his experience with the painter?
7. How does Feynman meet Albert Einstein?
8. What amusing thing does Feynman discover years after his work at the Metaplast Corporation?
9. What kind of work does Feynman do for the army?
10. What does Feynman discover about being a member of a fraternity while attending MIT?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Feynman's experience of giving his first technical lecture to the "monster minds." What two things did he take away from this experience?
Essay Topic 2
Do you think Feynman underplays the role he had in developing some of the biggest ideas of the twentieth century? Or, is it possible that some of the biggest ideas of his time period were just casual occurrences, as he makes them out to be?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss what Feynman calls his "puzzle drive"--the part of him that longs to find the solution to puzzles. Give three detailed examples of how he uses his "puzzle drive" to solve a problem or make a discovery.
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