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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For what division did Nash work at New York University in Chapter Thirty?
(a) The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
(b) The Harvard Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
(c) The Carnegie Institute of Technology.
(d) The Antioch Institute of Technology.

3. Nash met with von Neumann to discuss his ideas regarding what in Chapter Ten?
(a) The continuum hypothesis.
(b) Manifolds.
(c) Game theory.
(d) Riemann's Hypothesis.

4. On what date did Eleanor give birth to Nash's son in Chapter Twenty-Three?
(a) May 12, 1952.
(b) June 19, 1953.
(c) November 4, 1955.
(d) October 31, 1951.

5. Who was the professor to whom Nash was closest at Princeton?
(a) Norman Steenrod.
(b) Warren Ambrose.
(c) Lloyd Shapley.
(d) Oskar Morgenstern.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. meet Eleanor in Chapter Twenty-Three?

3. How old was John Forbes Nash, Jr. in Chapter Thirty-One?

4. How many pages was John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s thesis in Chapter Ten?

5. John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived at Princeton in what year, in Chapter Three?

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