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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 Feynman try to teach his friend Jirayr Zorthian?

2. After Feynman gives his lecture on Mayan culture, what does his friend Murray Gell-Mann give a lecture on weeks later?

3. What business was Feynman's father in?

4. What is the first document Feynman has to sign for the city college?

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the things Feynman dislikes about Cornell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Feynman later learn about offer from University of Chicago?

2. Why does Feynman ultimately resign from textbook reviewing?

3. How does Feynman help the cab driver figure out which university to take him to for the conference in North Carolina?

4. Why does a group of rabbinical students consult Feynman on scientific matters?

5. Why is Feynman asked to give a lecture on Mayan math at UCLA?

6. Why does Feynman's refusal to sign a fourteenth signature create confusion for the college's accounting department?

7. How does Feynman end up providing a drum soundtrack for ballet competitions?

8. Why does Feynman decide to learn about Mayan mathematics?

9. What is Feynman's experience like when he serves on a committee to choose math textbooks for California?

10. What does Feynman realize when he befriends some Las Vegas showgirls?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Describe in detail what aspect of Feynman's life was most surprising and why.

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