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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 refers to a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas?
(a) Manymath.
(b) Polymath.
(c) Multimath.
(d) Varymath.

2. Nash invented a game of strategy at Princeton and what fellow student made the board for the game?
(a) Warren Ambrose.
(b) David Gale.
(c) Lloyd Shapley.
(d) Oskar Morgenstern.

3. Who co-authored The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior with John von Neumann?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Norman Steenrod.
(c) Oskar Morgenstern.
(d) Solomon Lefschetz.

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

5. When did John von Neumann die?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1957.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived at Princeton in what month?

3. According to the Prologue, John Forbes Nash, Jr. became well known as a mathematician in what year?

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

5. Who was the chairman of the mathematics department at Princeton when Nash began attending in Chapter Four?

(see the answer key)

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