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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. It took a certain amount of ___________ for Feynman to turn down requests to advise the government in the early sixties.
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Courage.
(c) Arrogance.
(d) Stupidity.

2. What is the name of the document that gets Feynman interested in Mayan culture?
(a) Mayan Mathematics.
(b) Dresden Codex.
(c) Villacorta.
(d) Gautemalan Codex.

3. 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 more about than they thought.
(c) Knew nothing about it.
(d) Knew a little about it.

4. How many signatures does Feynman get to before he gives the lecture at the city college?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Thirteen.

5. Why doesn't the stenographer at the conference in New York think Feynman could be a professor?
(a) He used too many scientific terms.
(b) He didn't sound very intelligent.
(c) He could understand him.
(d) He couldn't understand him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Feynman get his term "cargo cult"?

2. Where is Feynman when he discovers he can distinguish good art from bad art?

3. How long would Feynman spend in the sensory deprivation tank each session?

4. Besides chatting with gamblers, who else does Feynman like to meet in Las Vegas?

5. By the end of the book, Feynman has concluded that it is not a ____________ world.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the experience of winning the Nobel Prize stressful to Feynman?

2. What does Feynman think is the reason Jews are overrepresented in the sciences?

3. What is Feynman's experience like when he serves on a committee to choose math textbooks for California?

4. How does Feynman end up providing a drum soundtrack for ballet competitions?

5. How does Feynman advise students that they can avoid the cargo cult?

6. What is Feynman's connection to a Pasadena topless bar?

7. What does Feynman later learn about offer from University of Chicago?

8. Why does Feynman's refusal to sign a fourteenth signature create confusion for the college's accounting department?

9. Why does Feynman take art lessons from Jiyrayr Zorthian?

10. What does Feynman mean by "cargo cults"?

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