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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Nash when he began teaching at MIT?
(a) 27.
(b) 23.
(c) 38.
(d) 19.

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

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

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

5. Chapter Eleven describes Nash's friendship with Lloyd Shapley which began in what year?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Alicia Larde called by her family?

2. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. meet Eleanor in Chapter Twenty-Three?

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

4. John Forbes Nash, Jr. won a Westinghouse Scholarship to study where in Chapter One?

5. In Chapter Twenty, Nash antagonized a colleague named what?

(see the answer key)

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