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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived at Princeton in what year, in Chapter Three?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1948.

2. During his first semester at Princeton, Nash would arrange his morning walk so he could see whom taking his morning walk?
(a) Norman Steenrod.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) John Milnor.
(d) Lloyd Shapley.

3. What religion did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s parents adopt?
(a) Scientology.
(b) Mormonism.
(c) Episcopalian.
(d) Buddhism.

4. Kriegspiel is German for what?
(a) Barking dog.
(b) Automobile.
(c) War game.
(d) Sausage.

5. John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived at Princeton in what month?
(a) May.
(b) August.
(c) December.
(d) September.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was John's sister Martha Nash born?

2. Who was the professor to whom Nash was closest at Princeton?

3. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. take mathematics classes while in high school?

4. What refers to a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas?

5. What refers to a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II?

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