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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nash was released how many days after his commitment to the institution in Chapter Thirty-Six?
(a) Eighty-seven.
(b) One-hundred, thirty-one.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Twenty-four.

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

3. During his first semester at Princeton, Nash would arrange his morning walk so he could see whom taking his morning walk?
(a) Lloyd Shapley.
(b) Norman Steenrod.
(c) John Milnor.
(d) Albert Einstein.

4. What is a situation in which no player can improve his situation in game theory?
(a) A zero-sum game.
(b) Stalemate.
(c) Equilibrium.
(d) End game.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what month did Nash begin having problems again and try to secure a position in France in Chapter Forty-Two?

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

3. According to the Prologue, John Forbes Nash, Jr. became well known as a mathematician in what year?

4. Luxembourg is bordered by Belgium, France, and what country?

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

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