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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mother?
(a) Cynthia.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Betsy.
(d) Margaret.

2. How old was John Forbes Nash, Jr. when he arrived at Princeton in Chapter Three?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Thirty.

3. What refers to a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II?
(a) The Manhattan Project.
(b) Project Atomic.
(c) The Roswell Project.
(d) Project Destruction.

4. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics in his youth while reading what book?
(a) The Math Wizard.
(b) Men of Mathematics.
(c) The Geometry of Humankind.
(d) The Power of Equations.

5. Kriegspiel is German for what?
(a) Automobile.
(b) Sausage.
(c) Barking dog.
(d) War game.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr. was born on what date?

3. Nash invented a game of strategy at Princeton and what fellow student made the board for the game?

4. When was the Rockefeller Foundation established?

5. On what date did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s parents marry?

(see the answer key)

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