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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what year did the space shuttle accident occur?
2. How high were the ceilings in the Grand Hotel room that Richard was staying in?
3. What was the bathtub made out of at the inn in Iseokitsu?
4. What did Richard say was the word that described the "printed pictures which had just come out in newspapers"?
5. Where did Richard hear the investigation of the shuttle accident would be?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Richard tell his wife about the Palace of Culture and Science?
2. What did the policeman do while Richard followed the procession?
3. When Richard was in graduate school at Princeton, there was a psychology paper that came up about controlling the "time sense" in the brain. How did the author of this paper test his theory?
4. What did the librarian say when Richard tried to check out the book, Calculus for the Practical Man, and who did he say the book is for?
5. Describe what happened when Richard showed up at Barbara's house to take her out on their date.
6. Describe the auditorium in the United Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland that Richard took a tour of.
7. What did the ballroom in the palace in Brussels look like where Richard had to wait 20 minutes for the king and queen?
8. When Richard was at a party with his beach crowd, what was one of the older guys teaching them in the kitchen?
9. Why did Richard tell Gweneth and Michelle that he had to write with a paper on his lap when he wrote his letter from the Royal Olympic Hotel in Athens?
10. Describe Richard's hotel room at the Grand Hotel in Warsaw, Poland.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the book Richard describes meeting his first wife, Arlene for the first time. Compare and contrast Richard and Arlene. Explain their relationship and what beliefs they had that would make their relationship work. What personal traits did each person have that made them desirable or compatible with each other? Use specific information from the book to support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
What do you think of the way that Richard Feynman wrote this book? Did you enjoy learning about his life as a child and teenager? What story did you enjoy most about his life in Part 1 of the book? What story did enjoy most in Part 2 of the book? Describe your favorite parts in detail using specific information from the book to support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Depict how RIchard's parents (individually and together) influenced him in his life.
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