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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Is Electricity Fire?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While at MIT, Feynman annoys waitresses by leaving his tip in ________________.
(a) The salt shaker.
(b) Upside down glasses full of water.
(c) Old gum under the table.
(d) Full soup bowls.

2. Who does the dancer from the Flamingo tell Feynman she was?
(a) Sister of John Big.
(b) Daughter of John Big.
(c) Assistant to John Big.
(d) Wife of John Big.

3. What almost causes Feynman to go back to Cornell after being at Caltech?
(a) A woman.
(b) Traffic.
(c) Smog.
(d) Rent prices.

4. Feynman compares the sounds of listening to the radio as a boy to what?
(a) The ocean.
(b) A visit to the dentist.
(c) Church service.
(d) Italian opera.

5. What does Feynman take for one of his humanities credits at MIT?
(a) Art History.
(b) Astrology.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Astrophysics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Feynman let the TWA hostess order in the nightclub in Albuquerque when he was pretending to be drunk?

2. What does Feynman discover about the study of biology?

3. Where does Feynman want to stay while in Japan?

4. What does the man who talks to Feynman by pool of his Las Vegas motel do for a living?

5. What does Feynman spend his dollar on that he received for selling his government patent?

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