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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nash's first infatuation with a man was with whom, as described in Chapter Twenty-Two?
(a) Henry Michael Temple.
(b) Norman Steenrod.
(c) Oskar Morgenstern.
(d) Ervin Thorson.

2. When was the first Fields Medal awarded?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1909.

3. Nash presented a talk on his work at the International Congress of Mathematics when in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) April, 1952.
(b) September, 1950.
(c) December, 1949.
(d) March, 1953.

4. Between the ages of twenty-four and twenty-nine, Nash had relationships with how many men?
(a) Zero.
(b) Two.
(c) Eight.
(d) Three.

5. How old was Nash when he began teaching at MIT?
(a) 23.
(b) 38.
(c) 19.
(d) 27.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Jürgen Moser die?

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. The one requirement at Princeton in the mathematics department when Nash attended in Chapter Four was that the students attend what daily?

4. RAND was set up in what year as Project RAND?

5. Chapter Twenty-Four discusses Nash's friendship with what MIT graduate student?

(see the answer key)

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