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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. RAND Corporation first formed to offer research and analysis to the United States armed forces by what American aerospace manufacturer?
(a) Douglas Aircraft Company.
(b) Boeing.
(c) RCA.
(d) Cesna.

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics at what age?
(a) 13.
(b) 6.
(c) 23.
(d) 8.

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

4. In Chapter Fifteen, Nash began to study the area of what?
(a) Manifolds.
(b) Game theory.
(c) The continuum hypothesis.
(d) Riemann's Hypothesis.

5. Where was John Forbes Nash, Jr. born?
(a) Sierra City, California.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) Bluefield, West Virginia.
(d) Tacoma, Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s thesis for Princeton became known as what, as described in Chapter Ten?

2. On what date did Eleanor give birth to Nash's son in Chapter Twenty-Three?

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

4. Who did Nash ask to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?

5. When was John von Neumann born?

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