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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nash's first infatuation with a man was in summer of what year?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1952.

2. What is the name of the son John Forbes Nash, Jr. had with Alicia Nash?
(a) Robert Theodore Nash.
(b) Henry Nicolaus Nash.
(c) John Charles Martin Nash .
(d) Elliot Daniel Nash.

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s relationship with Eleanor lasted until what year?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1957.

4. John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived at Princeton in what month?
(a) December.
(b) August.
(c) May.
(d) September.

5. In what year was John's sister Martha Nash born?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1907.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Alicia meet John Forbes Nash, Jr., after she had been a student of his in Chapter Twenty-Six?

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s thesis for Princeton became known as what, as described in Chapter Ten?

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics at what age?

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. Where did Nash, his sister and friend rent a small apartment during Nash's second summer at RAND?

(see the answer key)

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