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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. Where is Feynman when Dr. Wheeler asks him to go to Japan?

2. Feynman does not like the Japanese language because it was too concerned with being _________.

3. What idea does a guy have at the Washington DC cocktail party given by the Secretary of the Army?

4. What is the name of the Chinese-speaking Caucasian at the Caltech house party?

5. What is Feynman always very careless about when he goes on a trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Feynman mistaken for a Native American performing a tribal ritual?

2. What problem does Feynman run into when he flies to North Carolina for a conference?

3. Why does Feynman ultimately resign from textbook reviewing?

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

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

6. What does Feynman mean by "cargo cults"?

7. Although "The Seven Percent Solution" discusses physics in a technical way, what is the main point of the chapter?

8. Why does Feynman decide to stay with Caltech during the bidding war between Caltech and Cornell?

9. Why is the experience of winning the Nobel Prize stressful to Feynman?

10. Why does Feynman take art lessons from Jiyrayr Zorthian?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what is meant by the last line in the book: "So I have just one wish for you--the good luck to be somewhere where you are free to maintain the kind of integrity I have described, and where you do not feel forced by a need to maintain your position in the organization, or financial support, or so on, to lose your integrity. May you have that freedom." What kind of integrity is Feynman referring to? How did he show this integrity throughout his life?

Essay Topic 2

What do you think was Feynman's purpose for writing this book and how would you characterize his ego?

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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