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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 50 and epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many faculty members from MIT belonged to a Communist Party cell and were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, as described in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.

2. What is the name of the son John Forbes Nash, Jr. had with Alicia Nash?
(a) Henry Nicolaus Nash.
(b) Elliot Daniel Nash.
(c) Robert Theodore Nash.
(d) John Charles Martin Nash .

3. When did Jürgen Moser die?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1959.

4. Alicia found employment as what in Chapter Thirty-One?
(a) An aerospace engineer.
(b) A calculus professor.
(c) A psychologist.
(d) A physics researcher.

5. In Chapter Thirty-Four, Nash's colleagues began to suspect that something was wrong when he talked about aliens from outer space communicating with him through what?
(a) Cups of coffee.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Bars of soap.
(d) The New York Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had provided a research position for Nash in Boston in Chapter Forty-Three?

2. In Chapter Twenty, Nash was challenged to solve the problem of what?

3. Where was Nash involuntarily committed in Chapter Thirty-Six?

4. How old was John Stier when Nash became reacquainted with him in Chapter Fifty?

5. What is the name of the child John Forbes Nash, Jr. had with Eleanor in Chapter Twenty-Three?

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