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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18 - 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many pages was John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s thesis in Chapter Ten?
(a) 12.
(b) 27.
(c) 39.
(d) 73.

2. 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.

3. The first signs of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mental deterioration appeared in what year, according to the Prologue?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1948.

4. Kriegspiel is German for what?
(a) War game.
(b) Automobile.
(c) Sausage.
(d) Barking dog.

5. Where is MIT located?
(a) Butte, Montana.
(b) Cambridge, Massachusetts.
(c) Billings, Montana.
(d) Boston, Massachusets.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Joseph McCarthy served as a Republican U.S. Senator from what state?

3. RAND Corporation first formed to offer research and analysis to the United States armed forces by what American aerospace manufacturer?

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. In Chapter Twenty, Nash antagonized a colleague named what?

(see the answer key)

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