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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where was Albert Tucker when Nash mailed the first draft of his thesis to him in Chapter Ten?
(a) Alaska.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) California.
(d) Maine.
2. Nash met with von Neumann to discuss his ideas regarding what in Chapter Ten?
(a) Game theory.
(b) Manifolds.
(c) The continuum hypothesis.
(d) Riemann's Hypothesis.
3. Who was the professor to whom Nash was closest at Princeton?
(a) Oskar Morgenstern.
(b) Warren Ambrose.
(c) Norman Steenrod.
(d) Lloyd Shapley.
4. John Forbes Nash, Jr. was born on what date?
(a) November 25, 1935.
(b) June 13, 1928.
(c) January 2, 1913.
(d) October 19, 1940.
5. Where did John Forbes Nash, Sr. work during the Depression?
(a) Pacific Gas and Electric.
(b) Adirondack Light.
(c) Everglades Energy.
(d) Appalachian Power.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who did Nash ask to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?
2. When was the Rockefeller Foundation established?
3. Where was John von Neumann born?
4. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. take mathematics classes while in high school?
5. Kriegspiel is German for what?
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