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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Princeton was building its faculty in what areas when John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived in Chapter Three?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Foreign languages.
(c) Geology and Earth Sciences.
(d) Mathematics and Physics.

2. The first signs of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mental deterioration appeared in what year, according to the Prologue?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1969.

3. According to the Prologue, John Forbes Nash, Jr. became well known as a mathematician in what year?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1964.

4. John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived at Princeton in what month?
(a) December.
(b) May.
(c) August.
(d) September.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the original "Kriegsspiel" game developed?

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics at what age?

3. Where did John Forbes Nash, Sr. work during the Depression?

4. What refers to a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas?

5. Where was John Forbes Nash, Jr. born?

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