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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 38 - 41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did John Forbes Nash, Jr. first ask out Alicia Larde?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1955.

2. When was John von Neumann born?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1906.

3. When was Alicia Larde born?
(a) June 9, 1930.
(b) January 1, 1933.
(c) May 17, 1931.
(d) September 28, 1926.

4. Who was the chairman of the mathematics department at Princeton when Nash began attending in Chapter Four?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Solomon Lefschetz.
(c) John David Stier.
(d) Norman Steenrod.

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. Where did Alicia take a job in New York after returning to the U.S. in Chapter Thirty-Nine?

2. What year was it when Nash chose who he wanted to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?

3. When was the first Fields Medal awarded?

4. When was Jürgen Moser born?

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

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