A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994 Quiz | Two 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 | Two 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 30 - 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the professor to whom Nash was closest at Princeton?
(a) Norman Steenrod.
(b) Warren Ambrose.
(c) Oskar Morgenstern.
(d) Lloyd Shapley.

2. What year was it when Nash chose who he wanted to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1949.

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

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

5. Where was Albert Tucker when Nash mailed the first draft of his thesis to him in Chapter Ten?
(a) California.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Maine.
(d) Hawaii.

Short Answer Questions

1. In May 1948, Project RAND became an independent non-profit organization with initial capital from where?

2. During his first semester at Princeton, Nash would arrange his morning walk so he could see whom taking his morning walk?

3. In Chapter Ten, Nash developed an equilibrium point that could apply to more than two people and wasn't necessarily what?

4. What does IMU stand for?

5. What is a situation in which no player can improve his situation in game theory?

(see the answer key)

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