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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. became interested in mathematics in his youth while reading what book?
(a) The Math Wizard.
(b) Men of Mathematics.
(c) The Geometry of Humankind.
(d) The Power of Equations.

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr. was born on what date?
(a) June 13, 1928.
(b) January 2, 1913.
(c) October 19, 1940.
(d) November 25, 1935.

3. When did John von Neumann die?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1951.

4. When was John von Neumann born?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1888.

5. On what date did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s parents marry?
(a) April 13, 1933.
(b) September 6, 1924.
(c) June 4, 1919.
(d) May 28, 1927.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Prologue, John Forbes Nash, Jr. became well known as a mathematician in what year?

2. Princeton was building its faculty in what areas when John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived in Chapter Three?

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics at what age?

4. John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived at Princeton in what month?

5. During his first semester at Princeton, Nash would arrange his morning walk so he could see whom taking his morning walk?

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