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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18 - 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Albert Tucker when Nash mailed the first draft of his thesis to him in Chapter Ten?
(a) Maine.
(b) California.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Hawaii.

2. In Chapter Ten, Nash developed an equilibrium point that could apply to more than two people and wasn't necessarily what?
(a) A game that could be lost.
(b) A zero-sum game.
(c) A winnable game.
(d) Mathematically accurate.

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

4. How many faculty members from MIT belonged to a Communist Party cell and were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, as described in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

5. On what date did the Korean War begin?
(a) June 25, 1950.
(b) September 22, 1942.
(c) December 8, 1958.
(d) May 4, 1935.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nash drove across country with his sister Martha and who during his second summer at RAND?

2. In Chapter Twenty, Nash was challenged to solve the problem of what?

3. In Chapter Fourteen, Nash returned to Princeton to teach what while looking for a full-time position?

4. What was the name of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mother?

5. When was Joseph McCarthy born?

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