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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 33 - 35.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Joseph McCarthy served as a Republican U.S. Senator from what state?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Ohio.

3. Chapter Twenty-Four discusses Nash's friendship with what MIT graduate student?
(a) Robert Lowell.
(b) Jack Bricker.
(c) Reinhard Selten.
(d) John Milnor.

4. On what date did Eleanor give birth to Nash's son in Chapter Twenty-Three?
(a) May 12, 1952.
(b) June 19, 1953.
(c) November 4, 1955.
(d) October 31, 1951.

5. Alicia took a job where in Chapter Thirty-Five?
(a) Carnegie Mellon University.
(b) MIT.
(c) Brandeis University.
(d) Princeton University.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Ten, Nash developed an equilibrium point that could apply to more than two people and wasn't necessarily what?

2. When was Lloyd Shapley born?

3. Between the ages of twenty-four and twenty-nine, Nash had relationships with how many men?

4. Between the ages of twenty-four and twenty-nine, Nash had how many children?

5. Where did Nash, his sister and friend rent a small apartment during Nash's second summer at RAND?

(see the answer key)

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