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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Nash's first infatuation with a man was in summer of what year?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1957.

3. In Chapter Fifteen, Nash began to study the area of what?
(a) Game theory.
(b) Manifolds.
(c) The continuum hypothesis.
(d) Riemann's Hypothesis.

4. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s thesis for Princeton became known as what, as described in Chapter Ten?
(a) The continuum hypothesis.
(b) Game theory.
(c) Nash equilibrium.
(d) A zero-sum game.

5. Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study was founded in what year?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1863.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1930.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When was the Rockefeller Foundation established?

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

5. Nash presented a talk on his work at the International Congress of Mathematics when in Chapter Fifteen?

(see the answer key)

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