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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Nash's theorem in Chapter Fifteen basically said that it is possible for every manifold to find a part that corresponds to what?
(a) The original object.
(b) The end object.
(c) A basic equation.
(d) The Intermediate object.

4. Nash was released how many days after his commitment to the institution in Chapter Thirty-Six?
(a) Eighty-seven.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) One-hundred, thirty-one.
(d) Fifty.

5. Alicia found employment as what in Chapter Thirty-One?
(a) A psychologist.
(b) A physics researcher.
(c) An aerospace engineer.
(d) A calculus professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Prologue, John Forbes Nash, Jr. became well known as a mathematician in what year?

2. Nash's first infatuation with a man was with whom, as described in Chapter Twenty-Two?

3. What poet was also a patient at the institution where Nash was held in Chapter Thirty-Six?

4. The hospital where Nash was institutionalized in Chapter Thirty-Six received permission for a court to extend Nash's stay for an additional how many days?

5. When was Lloyd Shapley born?

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