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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: A Different Box of Tools | Part 2: Mindreaders.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Feynman's study of philosophy while at MIT causes him to do research on what?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) Professors.
(d) Sleep.

2. In high school Feynman changed the trigonometry ____________ because he didn't like the way they looked.
(a) Symbols.
(b) Answers.
(c) Equations.
(d) Textbooks.

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

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

5. What doesn't Feynman like about working at his aunt's hotel?
(a) Smoking.
(b) The boss.
(c) Tipping.
(d) Long hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Feynman learn signaled a social mistake at Princeton?

2. When Feynman graduates from MIT there are no jobs for __________.

3. What does young Feynman put on his hands to do his fire trick?

4. Feynman compares the sounds of listening to the radio as a boy to what?

5. What does Feynman's father tell him that the carnival mindreaders use?

(see the answer key)

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