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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 50 and epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Alicia take a job in New York after returning to the U.S. in Chapter Thirty-Nine?
(a) MIA.
(b) FBI.
(c) JVC.
(d) RCA.

2. On what date did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s parents marry?
(a) May 28, 1927.
(b) April 13, 1933.
(c) September 6, 1924.
(d) June 4, 1919.

3. Where was author Sylvia Nasar born?
(a) Germany.
(b) Spain.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Egypt.

4. In Chapter Forty-Eight, the announcement of Nash winning the Nobel Prize was made on what date?
(a) June 27, 1991.
(b) May 1, 1999.
(c) October 12, 1994.
(d) October 16, 1988.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Joseph McCarthy born?

2. What was the month and year that Nash and Alicia sailed to Europe in Chapter Thirty-Eight?

3. Where did Nash, his sister and friend rent a small apartment during Nash's second summer at RAND?

4. Who had provided a research position for Nash in Boston in Chapter Forty-Three?

5. With whom did Nash share the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences?

(see the answer key)

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