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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did John Forbes Nash, Sr. work during the Depression?
(a) Pacific Gas and Electric.
(b) Everglades Energy.
(c) Appalachian Power.
(d) Adirondack Light.

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

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

5. Where was Lloyd Shapley from?
(a) Bangor, Maine.
(b) Cambridge, Massachusetts.
(c) St. Louis, Missouri.
(d) Miami, Florida.

Short Answer Questions

1. In game theory, what describes the situation when a player has available the same information to determine all of the possible games as would be available at the end of the game?

2. The one requirement at Princeton in the mathematics department when Nash attended in Chapter Four was that the students attend what daily?

3. Who was the professor to whom Nash was closest at Princeton?

4. Where was John von Neumann born?

5. How many pages was John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s thesis in Chapter Ten?

(see the answer key)

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