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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nash met with von Neumann to discuss his ideas regarding what in Chapter Ten?
(a) Manifolds.
(b) Riemann's Hypothesis.
(c) The continuum hypothesis.
(d) Game theory.

2. Between the ages of twenty-four and twenty-nine, Nash had relationships with how many men?
(a) Three.
(b) Zero.
(c) Two.
(d) Eight.

3. Nash's theorem in Chapter Fifteen basically said that it is possible for every manifold to find a part that corresponds to what?
(a) The original object.
(b) The end object.
(c) The Intermediate object.
(d) A basic equation.

4. Who was Lloyd Shapley's father?
(a) Harlow Shapley.
(b) Mark Shapley.
(c) John David Shapley.
(d) Norman Shapley.

5. In Chapter Fourteen, Nash didn't immediately secure a deferment from the draft but he had a delay until what date?
(a) June 30, 1951.
(b) May 11, 1952.
(c) August 9 1949.
(d) February 15, 1950.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During his first semester at Princeton, Nash would arrange his morning walk so he could see whom taking his morning walk?

3. Where did John Forbes Nash, Sr. work during the Depression?

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

5. When was the Rockefeller Foundation established?

(see the answer key)

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