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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. won a Westinghouse Scholarship to study where in Chapter One?
(a) The University of Chicago.
(b) MIT.
(c) Bluefield College.
(d) The Carnegie Institute of Technology.

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

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr. was born on what date?
(a) June 13, 1928.
(b) January 2, 1913.
(c) November 25, 1935.
(d) October 19, 1940.

4. According to the Prologue, John Forbes Nash, Jr. became well known as a mathematician in what year?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1937.

5. In Chapter Thirty, Nash decided to return to MIT because of what?
(a) The cooler summer weather.
(b) Its proximity to the ocean.
(c) Tax advantages in Massachusetts.
(d) The intelligence of the locals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nash invented a game of strategy at Princeton and what fellow student made the board for the game?

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

3. What refers to a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II?

4. In Chapter Twenty-Seven, Nash realized that he needed to marry after the disastrous summer where?

5. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s maternal grandfather held what profession?

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