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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mother hold before she married?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Bus driver.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Secretary.

2. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. take mathematics classes while in high school?
(a) The University of Chicago.
(b) Bluefield College.
(c) MIT.
(d) The Carnegie Institute of Technology.

3. When was Joseph McCarthy born?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1892.

4. Where did Nash's sister find a job during Nash's second summer at RAND in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) A library.
(b) A movie theatre.
(c) A bakery.
(d) A dentist's office.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The first signs of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mental deterioration appeared in what year, according to the Prologue?

2. When was John von Neumann born?

3. Who did Nash ask to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?

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

5. How many faculty members from MIT belonged to a Communist Party cell and were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, as described in Chapter Nineteen?

(see the answer key)

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