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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Testing Bloodhounds | Part 3: Los Alamos from Below.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a popular topic in the graduate lounge at Princeton?
(a) Topology.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) Girls.
(d) Food.

2. When Feynman graduates from MIT there are no jobs for __________.
(a) Engineers.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Physicists.
(d) Scientists.

3. What product does the Metaplast Corporation make that eventually causes the company to close down?
(a) Mechanical pencils.
(b) Plastic cups.
(c) Plastic-coated pens.
(d) Plastic-coated cameras.

4. Feynman's friend Bob Wilson tells him he has been hired to work on a secret project doing what?
(a) Separating the isotopes of uranium.
(b) Dividing protons of uranium.
(c) Separating electrons from protons.
(d) Dividing atomic energy into subparts.

5. What does Feynman discover about the study of biology?
(a) There is an answer for everything.
(b) It is just like physics.
(c) It is too easy.
(d) There are lots of things no one knew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tutored Feynman's father as a child?

2. What does Feynman use to do his first scent experiment with his wife in her hospital room?

3. Where is the first place Feynman stays in Los Alamos?

4. Where is Feynman sent to do research before starting work at Los Alamos?

5. While working at his aunt's hotel, Feynman learned that _________ was a very difficult thing in the real world.

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