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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In May 1948, Project RAND became an independent non-profit organization with initial capital from where?
(a) The Carnegie Institute of Technology.
(b) The International Mathematical Union.
(c) The Ford Foundation.
(d) New York University.

4. John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived at Princeton in what year, in Chapter Three?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1941.

5. Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study was founded by whom?
(a) Reinhard Selten.
(b) Abraham Flexner.
(c) Ervin Thorson.
(d) Harlow Shapley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was John von Neumann born?

2. In what month did Alicia decide to have Nash committed in Chapter Thirty-Five?

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

4. Where was Albert Tucker when Nash mailed the first draft of his thesis to him in Chapter Ten?

5. The one requirement at Princeton in the mathematics department when Nash attended in Chapter Four was that the students attend what daily?

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