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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s maternal grandfather held what profession?
(a) Banker.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Minister.
(d) Physician.

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

3. What was Eleanor's profession when she met John Forbes Nash, Jr. in Chapter Twenty-Three?
(a) Waitress.
(b) Actress.
(c) Librarian.
(d) Nurse.

4. What year was it when Nash chose who he wanted to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1958.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was John Forbes Nash, Jr. born?

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

3. How much younger was John Forbes Nash, Jr. than his mistress Eleanor?

4. When was Joseph McCarthy born?

5. How old was Nash when he began teaching at MIT?

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