A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994 Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994 Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Sylvia Nasar
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 123 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 38 - 41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Lloyd Shapley born?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1909.
(d) 1914.

2. Where was Alicia Larde born?
(a) San Salvador.
(b) Rio de Janeiro.
(c) Quito.
(d) Mexico City.

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s thesis for Princeton became known as what, as described in Chapter Ten?
(a) Nash equilibrium.
(b) A zero-sum game.
(c) The continuum hypothesis.
(d) Game theory.

4. Who met with Alicia and told her about her son and her relationship with Nash in Chapter Twenty-Seven?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Wanda.

5. When was Alicia Larde born?
(a) September 28, 1926.
(b) June 9, 1930.
(c) May 17, 1931.
(d) January 1, 1933.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year was it when Nash chose who he wanted to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?

3. In Chapter Forty, Virginia and who traveled to Princeton, at Alicia's request?

4. Chapter Eleven describes Nash's friendship with Lloyd Shapley which began in what year?

5. Where was Albert Tucker when Nash mailed the first draft of his thesis to him in Chapter Ten?

(see the answer key)

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