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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Altered States.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the places Feynman tries to sleep his first night in Ithaca, NY?
(a) Pile of leaves.
(b) Hotel.
(c) Couch in a hallway.
(d) Airport.

2. Where does Feynman spend his first year of teaching at Caltech?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Hollywood.

3. What is the name of the physicist Feynman works with one summer during graduate school?
(a) Henry Norris Russel.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Johnny Von Neumann.
(d) John Wheeler.

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

5. After Feynman gives his lecture on Mayan culture, what does his friend Murray Gell-Mann give a lecture on weeks later?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Linguistics.
(c) Russian culture.
(d) Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the things Feynman dislikes about Cornell?

2. What is Feynman doing in the picture in the preface of the Feynman Lectures?

3. What equation does Feynman use to amaze the graduate mathematics students at Princeton?

4. What word do the physics students like to tease the mathematics students about in the graduate lounge?

5. How much does Cornell University pay Feynman to do the lecture series in Buffalo?

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