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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Feynman when Dr. Wheeler asks him to go to Japan?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Cornell.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) Caltech.

2. By the end of the book, Feynman has concluded that it is not a ____________ world.
(a) Just.
(b) Logical.
(c) Scientific.
(d) Boring.

3. While visiting Caltech, where does Feynman drive every night?
(a) Sunset Strip.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) The beach.
(d) Rodeo Drive.

4. Feynman told the woman from Denmark after the Nobel dinner that they could talk about physics because everybody ___________.
(a) Knew how to fake knowledge.
(b) Knew nothing about it.
(c) Knew a little about it.
(d) Knew more about than they thought.

5. The textbooks Feynman evaluates try to combine math with _____________.
(a) Literature.
(b) Games.
(c) Practical applications.
(d) Science.

6. What idea does a guy have at the Washington DC cocktail party given by the Secretary of the Army?
(a) Turning sand into tank fuel.
(b) Using physicists to designing tanks.
(c) Refueling tanks by helicoptors.
(d) Navigating tanks by stars.

7. What does the reporter from Time magazine tell Feynman about the Nobel?
(a) How he should act with the King of Sweden.
(b) He should give him exclusive interview rights.
(c) It's a practical joke.
(d) He should accept the prize.

8. What is Feynman eager to try in Japan?
(a) School system.
(b) Japanese bath.
(c) Bus system.
(d) Japanese food.

9. Feynman does not like the Japanese language because it was too concerned with being _________.
(a) Accurate.
(b) Polite.
(c) Precise.
(d) Beautiful.

10. What musicians in the ethnological records that are given to Feynman does he admire the most?
(a) Watusi drummers.
(b) Belgian pianists.
(c) French cellists.
(d) Italian sopranos.

11. What is the "disease" of the middle age that Feynman is afflicted with?
(a) Giving philosophical talks about science.
(b) Race cars and fast women.
(c) Middle age spread.
(d) Ethical ambiguity.

12. What causes Feynman to stay at Caltech?
(a) A woman.
(b) Nice weather.
(c) Higher salary.
(d) Scientific discoveries.

13. Which of the following is NOT one of the things Feynman dislikes about Cornell?
(a) Cultural experiences.
(b) Small town.
(c) The weather.
(d) Talking to professors.

14. Where does Feynman go to try the hot baths?
(a) Esalen.
(b) Hot Springs.
(c) Easton.
(d) Eureka Springs.

15. What does the man who talks to Feynman by pool of his Las Vegas motel do for a living?
(a) Play poker.
(b) Play blackjack.
(c) Bet on horses.
(d) Bet on greyhounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Feynman spend his first year of teaching at Caltech?

2. While staying in Syracuse, who gives Feynman good advice about figuring out a complicated theory?

3. On what topic does Feynman ask a question on behalf of Martin Block to the other top physicists?

4. What university offers Feynman a staggering salary?

5. It took a certain amount of ___________ for Feynman to turn down requests to advise the government in the early sixties.

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