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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. take mathematics classes while in high school?
(a) The Carnegie Institute of Technology.
(b) MIT.
(c) Bluefield College.
(d) The University of Chicago.

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics at what age?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 23.
(d) 13.

3. On what date did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s parents marry?
(a) September 6, 1924.
(b) June 4, 1919.
(c) May 28, 1927.
(d) April 13, 1933.

4. John Forbes Nash, Jr. won a Westinghouse Scholarship to study where in Chapter One?
(a) The University of Chicago.
(b) The Carnegie Institute of Technology.
(c) Bluefield College.
(d) MIT.

5. 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 Roswell Project.
(b) Project Atomic.
(c) The Manhattan Project.
(d) Project Destruction.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was John Forbes Nash, Jr. when he arrived at Princeton in Chapter Three?

2. During his first semester at Princeton, Nash would arrange his morning walk so he could see whom taking his morning walk?

3. Where was John von Neumann born?

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

5. Who co-authored The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior with John von Neumann?

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