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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Every time the university mentioned in question #55 would ask Richard to come speak, what happened?
(a) Richard would get sick.
(b) They wouldn't have room on their itinerary.
(c) Richard would have a conference he was busy at.
(d) They would have to cancel because of scheduling conflicts.

2. Richard talks about "contemporaries" of his that he hung out with. He mentions that Robert Stapler was what type of person?
(a) Math type.
(b) Literary type.
(c) Scientific type.
(d) Sports type.

3. What did Richard say was the word that described the "printed pictures which had just come out in newspapers"?
(a) Letterographies.
(b) Pictorials.
(c) Printographs.
(d) Rotogravures.

4. How far was the shrine from the inn where Richard stayed in Iseokitsu?
(a) About one mile.
(b) About two miles.
(c) About half a mile.
(d) About five miles.

5. When Richard talks about getting older and taking up reading and drawing, he mentions that he has limited what?
(a) Time.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Patience.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Richard watched the dedication ceremony of a shrine, who tapped him on the shoulder?

2. What is located at the back end of the space shuttle orbiter?

3. When Richard's father showed him a photo of the pope, what did he tell Richard is the difference between the pope and the people that are bowing before him?

4. The first time Richard ever said anything to the most popular girl at school was where?

5. Richard attended some meetings in Poland inside the palace. What was painted on the ceiling of the palace?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Richard looked like when he was performing one of his "experiments" and he forgot to lock the door and someone walked in on him.

2. When Richard speaks about writing an essay for the regents examination, he states that his literary friends were always "throwing the bull." What does this mean, and why does Richard decide to do it?

3. What did the policeman do while Richard followed the procession?

4. What did the ballroom in the palace in Brussels look like where Richard had to wait 20 minutes for the king and queen?

5. Describe Richard's hotel room at the Grand Hotel in Warsaw, Poland.

6. Why did Richard show the innkeeper his receipt for his reservation at the big resort hotel?

7. What did the librarian say when Richard tried to check out the book, Calculus for the Practical Man, and who did he say the book is for?

8. When Richard was in graduate school at Princeton, there was a psychology paper that came up about controlling the "time sense" in the brain. How did the author of this paper test his theory?

9. At the end of Part 1: The Making of a Scientist, Richard mentions his mother. What does he say about her?

10. How did Richard learn about algebra?

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