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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. The textbooks Feynman evaluates try to combine math with _____________.

2. What is Feynman doing in the picture in the preface of the Feynman Lectures?

3. Who does the dancer from the Flamingo tell Feynman she was?

4. Feynman has a long fascination with hallucinations and _____________.

5. Feynman is involved in the problematic search for the right laws of _______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Feynman discover is the way that Nick the Greek makes his money?

2. Why does Feynman give lectures under a false name after winning the Nobel Prize?

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

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

5. Who introduces Feynman to the sense deprivation tank?

6. Why is Mrs. Smith flustered when Feynman speaks to her in "fake Chinese"?

7. Who teaches Feynman to have "out of body" experience in the deprivation tank?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Feynman is a self-reported "one-sided" scientist. Discuss how he achieves success in so many artistic mediums.

Essay Topic 2

Feynman warns student to test all possible explanations for phenomena, to examine all data empirically without personal bias, and to extend the same courtesy and humility when discussing your research with laypeople as you do toward fellow scientists. Describe some of the ways Feynman demonstrated these traits throughout his life.

Essay Topic 3

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

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