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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Cold Facts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Richard finally able to oblige the university that wanted him to speak?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1988.

2. When Richard wanted to stay at a small inn in Iseokitsu but was discouraged by his host and by the innkeeper, Richard asked what the trouble was. What did the innkeeper tell the host the trouble is?
(a) That they don't have a Western style toilet.
(b) That they donot have enough room.
(c) That they don't speak any English.
(d) That they are too far from the conference.

3. When Richard joined the same group as Arlene, he found out that she had a boyfriend named what?
(a) Alex.
(b) Charley.
(c) Jerome.
(d) Brian.

4. At the beginning of Part 2: Preliminaries, Richard states that he'd be talking a lot about what?
(a) O-rings.
(b) The Kennedy Space Center.
(c) NASA.
(d) Thiokol.

5. In the beginning of I Just Shook His Hand, what university does Richard mention that had wanted him to come speak for years?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Kyoto University.
(c) University of Florida.
(d) Stanford University.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Richard took a taxi to the East Indian neighborhood, the taxi driver pointed out a man sitting on the front steps of a concrete block house and stated that the man's son was studying medicine where?

2. When Richard was walking his first date home, he complimented her on her pretty what?

3. Every time the university mentioned in question #55 would ask Richard to come speak, what happened?

4. What was the bathtub made out of at the inn in Iseokitsu?

5. While Richard was practicing the "art" of kissing with a girl at a party, there was excitement and people start saying that someone is coming. Who were they talking about?

(see the answer key)

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