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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The one requirement at Princeton in the mathematics department when Nash attended in Chapter Four was that the students attend what daily?
(a) A faculty tea.
(b) Student meetings.
(c) McAnderson's lecture.
(d) Church services.

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr. was born on what date?
(a) January 2, 1913.
(b) June 13, 1928.
(c) November 25, 1935.
(d) October 19, 1940.

3. When was John von Neumann born?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1906.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was John von Neumann born?

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

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

4. What religion did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s parents adopt?

5. What profession did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mother hold before she married?

(see the answer key)

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