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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was the original "Kriegsspiel" game developed?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1812.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1854.

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics at what age?
(a) 13.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 23.

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

5. What is a situation in which no player can improve his situation in game theory?
(a) End game.
(b) Stalemate.
(c) A zero-sum game.
(d) Equilibrium.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was John's sister Martha Nash born?

2. Nash presented a talk on his work at the International Congress of Mathematics when in Chapter Fifteen?

3. Who did the Republic of Korea fight in the Korean War?

4. Nash met with von Neumann to discuss his ideas regarding what in Chapter Ten?

5. In Chapter Fifteen, Nash began to study the area of what?

(see the answer key)

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