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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. How many solid-fuel rockets help boost the shuttle for a few minutes before they separate from the shuttle?

2. Richard states that he joined a specific group because Arlene had joined that group. What kind of group was it?

3. In the letter from Henry Bethe to Gweneth, Henry mentions a time when Richard was talking to him that he felt itchy and impatient waiting for a lecture. Richard mentioned to Henry that there are twice as many what?

4. When Arlene was in the hospital in Albuquerque, why did she have a little charcoal broiler in her room?

5. Richard was so sensitive about being a sissy that it even bothered him to buy what snacks from the market?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Richard's friend from Los Alamos explain to him how she may have mistakenly thought that he knew Herman?

2. When did Richard finally cry after his wife passed away?

3. What did Richard tell Gweneth he'd be doing for six months, and what did he do after he said this to her?

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

5. When Richard was asked to give a speech after the mayor had spoken at the dedication ceremony of the shrine, what did he say?

6. In Getting Ahead, how did Richard reply to the taxi driver when asked why his "people" weren't getting anywhere?

7. 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?

8. Why were there a lot of new buildings in Warsaw, Poland?

9. How did William Graham, the head of NASA, know Richard?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Depict how RIchard's parents (individually and together) influenced him in his life.

Essay Topic 2

Richard visited many different places around the world. Explain why Richard still treated the world as if it was a scientific experiment and discovery ready to happen. Give details of events in the book that show how Richard loves to learn and discover?

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think feminist group in Feynman Sexist Pig was so offended by the stories that Richard had told concerning the police officer and about the astronomer and his girlfriend? Do you think the feminist group had a right to be upset by the stories that Richard had told in his lectures? Do you think Richard handled the feminist group in the right way? Why or why not? Why do you think the protesters changed their minds so easily when they saw Richard in San Francisco at the American Association of Physics Teachers meeting? Do you think Richard was a sexist pig like the protesters claimed? Use specific information from the book to support your ideas and answers.

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