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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 33 - 35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Princeton was building its faculty in what areas when John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived in Chapter Three?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Mathematics and Physics.
(c) Geology and Earth Sciences.
(d) Foreign languages.

2. Who did the Republic of Korea fight in the Korean War?
(a) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
(b) China.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Cambodia.

3. What was Alicia Larde called by her family?
(a) Lichi.
(b) Tamale.
(c) Turtle.
(d) Ally.

4. When was Paul Cohen born?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1917.

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 Intermediate object.
(b) The end object.
(c) A basic equation.
(d) The original object.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter Twenty, Nash was challenged to solve the problem of what?

3. Alicia found employment as what in Chapter Thirty-One?

4. Where did Nash's sister find a job during Nash's second summer at RAND in Chapter Eighteen?

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

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