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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 38 - 41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Nash's sister find a job during Nash's second summer at RAND in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) A movie theatre.
(b) A bakery.
(c) A dentist's office.
(d) A library.

2. In Chapter Fourteen, Nash returned to Princeton to teach what while looking for a full-time position?
(a) Calculus.
(b) Physics.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Algebra.

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

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

5. What was Alicia Larde called by her family?
(a) Ally.
(b) Lichi.
(c) Tamale.
(d) Turtle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between the ages of twenty-four and twenty-nine, Nash had how many children?

2. When did John von Neumann die?

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

4. Where did Nash, his sister and friend rent a small apartment during Nash's second summer at RAND?

5. Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study was founded by whom?

(see the answer key)

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