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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The one requirement at Princeton in the mathematics department when Nash attended in Chapter Four was that the students attend what daily?
(a) Student meetings.
(b) McAnderson's lecture.
(c) A faculty tea.
(d) Church services.

3. According to the Prologue, John Forbes Nash, Jr. became well known as a mathematician in what year?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1937.

4. What year was it when Nash chose who he wanted to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1953.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Kriegspiel is German for what?

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s thesis for Princeton became known as what, as described in Chapter Ten?

4. John Forbes Nash, Jr. won a Westinghouse Scholarship to study where in Chapter One?

5. How old was John Forbes Nash, Jr. when he arrived at Princeton in Chapter Three?

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