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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between the ages of twenty-four and twenty-nine, Nash had relationships with how many men?
(a) Three.
(b) Eight.
(c) Zero.
(d) Two.

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr. was born on what date?
(a) June 13, 1928.
(b) January 2, 1913.
(c) October 19, 1940.
(d) November 25, 1935.

3. Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study was founded in what year?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1863.
(d) 1907.

4. Where did the Nash's move after Paris in Chapter Thirty-Eight?
(a) Rejkavic, Iceland.
(b) London, England.
(c) Geneva, Switzerland.
(d) Oslo, Norway.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During his first semester at Princeton, Nash would arrange his morning walk so he could see whom taking his morning walk?

3. RAND conducted experiments in games to see if the players did what, in Chapter Eighteen?

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

5. Kriegspiel refers to a chess variant invented by whom in 1899?

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