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

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

3. When was Jürgen Moser born?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1919.

4. Who was the chairman of the mathematics department at Princeton when Nash began attending in Chapter Four?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Solomon Lefschetz.
(c) John David Stier.
(d) Norman Steenrod.

5. Nash's theorem in Chapter Fifteen basically said that it is possible for every manifold to find a part that corresponds to what?
(a) The original object.
(b) The Intermediate object.
(c) A basic equation.
(d) The end object.

Short Answer Questions

1. The one requirement at Princeton in the mathematics department when Nash attended in Chapter Four was that the students attend what daily?

2. Nash's first infatuation with a man was with whom, as described in Chapter Twenty-Two?

3. Nash met with von Neumann to discuss his ideas regarding what in Chapter Ten?

4. Princeton was building its faculty in what areas when John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived in Chapter Three?

5. In Chapter Fourteen, Nash didn't immediately secure a deferment from the draft but he had a delay until what date?

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