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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 does the Japanese salesman in Brazil challenge Feynman to do?

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

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the places Feynman tries to sleep his first night in Ithaca, NY?

4. Who is the head of Feynman's department at Cornell?

5. What is needed to make the patent documents legal for the government?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Feynman get a reputation as a "big spender" at a nightclub in New Mexico?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is the teenage Feynman frustrated by the lack of innovation (or interest in innovation) he finds in others?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Describe the "different box of tools" Feynman uses to solve math problems. What other parts of Feynman's life does he approach with a different box of tools?

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