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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 30 - 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived at Princeton in what year, in Chapter Three?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1941.

4. Who was the chairman of the mathematics department at Princeton when Nash began attending in Chapter Four?
(a) Solomon Lefschetz.
(b) Norman Steenrod.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) John David Stier.

5. What was the name of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mother?
(a) Cynthia.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Betsy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Nash when he began teaching at MIT?

2. Nash's theorem in Chapter Fifteen basically said that it is possible for every manifold to find a part that corresponds to what?

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

4. What is the last name of Eleanor, the woman with whom Nash had an affair in Chapter Twenty-Three?

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

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