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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 42-46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did John von Neumann die?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1941.

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

3. When was Joseph McCarthy born?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1875.

4. Where did Nash, his sister and friend rent a small apartment during Nash's second summer at RAND?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Santa Barbara.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) Phoenix.

5. With what was John Forbes Nash, Jr. diagnosed during his first institutionalization in Chapter Thirty-Six?
(a) Bipolar disorder.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Paranoid schizophrenia.
(d) Brain cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In May 1948, Project RAND became an independent non-profit organization with initial capital from where?

2. When was Alicia Larde born?

3. In what year was John's sister Martha Nash born?

4. What psychiatrist did Nash meet at a private psychiatric hospital near Princeton in Chapter Forty-Two?

5. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. marry Alicia Larde?

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