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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was John Forbes Nash, Jr. when he arrived at Princeton in Chapter Three?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Nineteen.

2. When did Joseph McCarthy die?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1957.

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

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

5. Who was the professor to whom Nash was closest at Princeton?
(a) Lloyd Shapley.
(b) Oskar Morgenstern.
(c) Warren Ambrose.
(d) Norman Steenrod.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is MIT located?

2. Kriegspiel is German for what?

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr. won a Westinghouse Scholarship to study where in Chapter One?

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

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

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