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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) Church services.
(b) McAnderson's lecture.
(c) A faculty tea.
(d) Student meetings.

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

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

4. Who was the chairman of the mathematics department at Princeton when Nash began attending in Chapter Four?
(a) John David Stier.
(b) Norman Steenrod.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Solomon Lefschetz.

5. What religion did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s parents adopt?
(a) Episcopalian.
(b) Mormonism.
(c) Scientology.
(d) Buddhism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was John's sister Martha Nash born?

3. Where was John von Neumann born?

4. When did John von Neumann die?

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?

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