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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 did John Forbes Nash, Jr. meet Eleanor in Chapter Twenty-Three?
(a) A Boston hospital.
(b) A church mass.
(c) A library.
(d) A bus stop.

2. Who co-authored The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior with John von Neumann?
(a) Solomon Lefschetz.
(b) Norman Steenrod.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Oskar Morgenstern.

3. Where did Alicia go to visit a cousin of hers in Chapter Thirty-Eight?
(a) India.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Italy.

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

5. Nash's first infatuation with a man was with whom, as described in Chapter Twenty-Two?
(a) Norman Steenrod.
(b) Oskar Morgenstern.
(c) Ervin Thorson.
(d) Henry Michael Temple.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many faculty members from MIT belonged to a Communist Party cell and were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, as described in Chapter Nineteen?

2. Who did Nash ask to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?

3. Where did Nash go upon returning to the United States in Chapter Thirty-Nine?

4. Paul Cohen was an American mathematician best known for his proof of the independence of what?

5. Where was Nash committed in Chapter Forty?

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