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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Judging Books by Their Covers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Feynman deferred from the army again after the war?
(a) Medical reasons.
(b) Physical limitations.
(c) He is working on the bomb.
(d) He is teaching.

2. What does the Japanese salesman in Brazil challenge Feynman to do?
(a) Quadratic equations.
(b) Drink shots.
(c) Cube roots.
(d) Stand on his head.

3. For what kind of project does an airline in California offer Feynman a position as director of its laboratory?
(a) Rocket-propelled, nuclear missiles.
(b) Wind-propelled airplanes.
(c) Nuclear-propelled, rocket airplanes.
(d) Nucelar rockets.

4. Feynman does not like the Japanese language because it was too concerned with being _________.
(a) Accurate.
(b) Polite.
(c) Precise.
(d) Beautiful.

5. Where is Feynman trying to get every summer when he usually gets stuck in Las Vegas?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Hollywood.
(c) Tahoe.
(d) Pacific Ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Feynman's friend Paul at Princeton get him to walk around trying to figure out how to use it without pain for two weeks?

2. Who designs the hotel where Feynman stays in Japan?

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

4. What book does a teacher in high school give Feynman to study so he won't talk during class?

5. What does the hypnotist at Princeton get Feynman to do?

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