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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. What type of joints are sealed at the Morton Thiokol factory?
2. When Richard's father showed him a photo of the pope, what did he tell Richard is the difference between the pope and the people that are bowing before him?
3. Besides telling the speakers when to stop, what other duty did Richard's co-chairmen perform?
4. In the beginning of I Just Shook His Hand, what university does Richard mention that had wanted him to come speak for years?
5. What color were the pencils that Arlene sent to Richard?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Richard tell Gweneth he'd be doing for six months, and what did he do after he said this to her?
2. When Richard heard about miracles at the temple, he tried to explain the miracles with natural phenomena. What was one of the miracles he says he could never figure out?
3. What happens to the large central part of the shuttle a few minutes after a shuttle launch?
4. What did Richard's friends, Al Hibbs and Dick Davies, tell Richard he should do about being asked to be on the investigation committee of the Challenger accident?
5. What did Kyoto University tell Richard when he told them he had no paper to give at the conference?
6. Why was Richard told that it was all right when one speaker at the conference went over his time limit?
7. When did Richard finally cry after his wife passed away?
8. Describe Richard's hotel room at the Grand Hotel in Warsaw, Poland.
9. What beauty did Richard state he could see in a flower?
10. What happened when Gweneth realized that she had lost a roll of film?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think feminist group in Feynman Sexist Pig was so offended by the stories that Richard had told concerning the police officer and about the astronomer and his girlfriend? Do you think the feminist group had a right to be upset by the stories that Richard had told in his lectures? Do you think Richard handled the feminist group in the right way? Why or why not? Why do you think the protesters changed their minds so easily when they saw Richard in San Francisco at the American Association of Physics Teachers meeting? Do you think Richard was a sexist pig like the protesters claimed? Use specific information from the book to support your ideas and answers.
Essay Topic 2
Describe who Frances and Chuck were and what influence they had on Richard. Why was it beneficial to Richard to know and be in contact with Frances? Are there any negative results of Richard being related to someone in the press? If so, why? Expound on these answers and use 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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