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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: The Dignified Professor | Part 4: Any Questions?.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Feynman do to entertain the girls at the Girl Scout father-daughter banquet?
(a) Recite a poem.
(b) Sing an Italian opera.
(c) Dance the can-can.
(d) Recite Mary Had a Little Lamb.

3. Despite his degree in physics, Feynman works as what for the army during one summer?
(a) Biologist.
(b) Mechanical engineer.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Gunner.

4. What is the booth number for the psychiatrist during Feynman's army physical after the war?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

5. What theory does Feynman never work out, despite doing research on it for years?
(a) Atomic energy.
(b) Gravitational interaction.
(c) Quantum theory of potentials.
(d) Electrodynamics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Ever since high school, Feynman worries about being ____________.

4. Feynman's friend Bob Wilson tells him he has been hired to work on a secret project doing what?

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

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