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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 30 - 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Jürgen Moser born?
(a) Italy.
(b) Brazil.
(c) South Africa.
(d) East Prussia.

2. How old was Nash when he began teaching at MIT?
(a) 23.
(b) 27.
(c) 38.
(d) 19.

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

4. Where was Lloyd Shapley from?
(a) Cambridge, Massachusetts.
(b) St. Louis, Missouri.
(c) Bangor, Maine.
(d) Miami, Florida.

5. Nash met with von Neumann to discuss his ideas regarding what in Chapter Ten?
(a) The continuum hypothesis.
(b) Game theory.
(c) Manifolds.
(d) Riemann's Hypothesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived at Princeton in what month?

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

3. Nash presented a talk on his work at the International Congress of Mathematics when in Chapter Fifteen?

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

5. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s relationship with Eleanor lasted until what year?

(see the answer key)

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