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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: You Just Ask Them?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Feynman combat his nervousness while giving his first technical lecture to famous scientists?
(a) He drinks a shot.
(b) He takes two aspirins and a coke.
(c) He uses hypnosis.
(d) He focuses on the physics.

2. Feynman gets a B+ on a English paper about ___________ even though he wrote about another topic.
(a) Faust.
(b) Huxley.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) King Lear.

3. How many patents does Feynman "sell" to the US government?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) None.

4. What does Ms. Eisenhart think Feynman is joking about at the Princeton tea?
(a) Having two lumps of sugar in his tea.
(b) Asking for coffee instead of tea.
(c) Requesting a soda instead of tea.
(d) Having cream and lemon in his tea.

5. To what does Feynman credit his desire to fix radios when he was just a boy?
(a) His parent's encouragement.
(b) His great mechanical skill.
(c) His puzzle drive.
(d) His excessive intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many students immediately volunteer to take part in the hypnotism demonstration at Princeton?

2. Feynman's study of philosophy while at MIT causes him to do research on what?

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

4. Who is the head of Feynman's department at Cornell?

5. Which insect is Feynman the most interested in studying over the course of his life?

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