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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mother?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Cynthia.
(c) Betsy.
(d) Margaret.

2. Who did Nash ask to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?
(a) Henry Michael Temple.
(b) Norman Steenrod.
(c) Albert Tucker.
(d) Lloyd Shapley.

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics in his youth while reading what book?
(a) The Math Wizard.
(b) The Power of Equations.
(c) The Geometry of Humankind.
(d) Men of Mathematics.

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

5. Chapter Nineteen focuses on the McCarthy era in the spring of what year?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1953.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Joseph McCarthy born?

3. What year was it when Nash chose who he wanted to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?

4. Nash met with von Neumann to discuss his ideas regarding what in Chapter Ten?

5. In May 1948, Project RAND became an independent non-profit organization with initial capital from where?

(see the answer key)

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