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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many faculty members from MIT belonged to a Communist Party cell and were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, as described in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Two.
(d) Eleven.

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

3. Who did the Republic of Korea fight in the Korean War?
(a) China.
(b) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Cambodia.

4. How old was Nash in Chapter Forty-Four?
(a) 43.
(b) 51.
(c) 40.
(d) 36.

5. Nash's theorem in Chapter Fifteen basically said that it is possible for every manifold to find a part that corresponds to what?
(a) A basic equation.
(b) The original object.
(c) The end object.
(d) The Intermediate object.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Alicia go upon returning to the United States in Chapter Thirty-Nine?

2. What was the month and year that Nash and Alicia sailed to Europe in Chapter Thirty-Eight?

3. What is the name of the child John Forbes Nash, Jr. had with Eleanor in Chapter Twenty-Three?

4. What institution was interested in Nash in Chapter Thirty-Three, although he applied for grant money for a sabbatical to work on research at Princeton and in Paris?

5. Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study was founded in what year?

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