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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 33 - 35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did the Republic of Korea fight in the Korean War?
(a) China.
(b) Cambodia.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

2. In May 1948, Project RAND became an independent non-profit organization with initial capital from where?
(a) The Ford Foundation.
(b) The Carnegie Institute of Technology.
(c) The International Mathematical Union.
(d) New York University.

3. Where was Alicia Larde born?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Rio de Janeiro.
(c) San Salvador.
(d) Quito.

4. Nash met with von Neumann to discuss his ideas regarding what in Chapter Ten?
(a) Game theory.
(b) The continuum hypothesis.
(c) Riemann's Hypothesis.
(d) Manifolds.

5. What refers to a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas?
(a) Multimath.
(b) Manymath.
(c) Polymath.
(d) Varymath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mother?

2. Where did Alicia meet John Forbes Nash, Jr., after she had been a student of his in Chapter Twenty-Six?

3. On what date did Eleanor give birth to Nash's son in Chapter Twenty-Three?

4. Chapter Nineteen focuses on the McCarthy era in the spring of what year?

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

(see the answer key)

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