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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kriegspiel refers to a chess variant invented by whom in 1899?
(a) Georg von Rassewitz.
(b) Henry Michael Temple.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(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) 1949.
(d) 1942.

3. Who co-authored The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior with John von Neumann?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Solomon Lefschetz.
(c) Oskar Morgenstern.
(d) Norman Steenrod.

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

5. Chapter Eleven describes Nash's friendship with Lloyd Shapley which began in what year?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1957.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. take mathematics classes while in high school?

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived at Princeton in what year, in Chapter Three?

3. RAND Corporation first formed to offer research and analysis to the United States armed forces by what American aerospace manufacturer?

4. When was the Rockefeller Foundation established?

5. Where is MIT located?

(see the answer key)

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