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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics in his youth while reading what book?
(a) The Geometry of Humankind.
(b) Men of Mathematics.
(c) The Power of Equations.
(d) The Math Wizard.

3. When was the Rockefeller Foundation established?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1907.

4. When was the original "Kriegsspiel" game developed?
(a) 1812.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1901.

5. Where was John von Neumann born?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) London.
(c) Cairo.
(d) Budapest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s parents adopt?

2. Who was the chairman of the mathematics department at Princeton when Nash began attending in Chapter Four?

3. Nash invented a game of strategy at Princeton and what fellow student made the board for the game?

4. John Forbes Nash, Jr. won a Westinghouse Scholarship to study where in Chapter One?

5. Kriegspiel refers to a chess variant based upon the original "Kriegsspiel" developed by whom?

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