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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Alicia Larde born?
(a) Rio de Janeiro.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Quito.
(d) San Salvador.

2. What is the name of the child John Forbes Nash, Jr. had with Eleanor in Chapter Twenty-Three?
(a) Robert Lewis Stier.
(b) Thomas Abraham Nash.
(c) John David Stier.
(d) Michael Jacob Nash.

3. In Chapter Thirty-Four, Nash's colleagues began to suspect that something was wrong when he talked about aliens from outer space communicating with him through what?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) Cups of coffee.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Bars of soap.

4. In Chapter Fifteen, Nash began to study the area of what?
(a) Manifolds.
(b) Riemann's Hypothesis.
(c) The continuum hypothesis.
(d) Game theory.

5. How old was John Forbes Nash, Jr. in Chapter Thirty-One?
(a) 26.
(b) 45.
(c) 37.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Forbes Nash, Jr. was born on what date?

2. In Chapter Ten, Nash developed an equilibrium point that could apply to more than two people and wasn't necessarily what?

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

4. Nash's theorem in Chapter Fifteen basically said that it is possible for every manifold to find a part that corresponds to what?

5. When did Joseph McCarthy die?

(see the answer key)

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