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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many students immediately volunteer to take part in the hypnotism demonstration at Princeton?
(a) Four.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Only Feynman.
(d) Twenty.

3. What does the hypnotist at Princeton get Feynman to do?
(a) Recite poetry.
(b) Cluck like a chicken.
(c) Light a match.
(d) Walk around the room.

4. Which idea of Feynman's did the government patent official tell him had already been taken?
(a) Rocket.
(b) Electrical plant.
(c) Airplane.
(d) Submarine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the places Feynman tries to sleep his first night in Ithaca, NY?

2. Where are the top secret papers first kept at Los Alamos?

3. Where is Feynman sent to do research before starting work at Los Alamos?

4. While at MIT, Feynman annoys waitresses by leaving his tip in ________________.

5. What is the name of the women at the nightclub in Albuquerque that Feynman befriended?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Feynman get to perform with a samba during the Rio carnival?

2. What is the result of the improvements to his job that young Feynman tries while working at his aunt's hotel?

3. What makes Feynman nervous about attending Princeton and what poses challenges for him?

4. What is Feynman's "fake Italian"?

5. What kind of work does Feynman do for the army?

6. How does Feynman spend the money he makes giving weekend lectures in Buffalo?

7. Where does Feynman learn the mind-reading trick he tries on his fellow students at Princeton?

8. What strategy for picking up women does Feynman learn from his friend Gloria?

9. What does Feynman discover about being a member of a fraternity while attending MIT?

10. Why is Feynman rejected by the army draft board?

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