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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In May 1948, Project RAND became an independent non-profit organization with initial capital from where?
(a) New York University.
(b) The International Mathematical Union.
(c) The Carnegie Institute of Technology.
(d) The Ford Foundation.

2. During his first semester at Princeton, Nash would arrange his morning walk so he could see whom taking his morning walk?
(a) Norman Steenrod.
(b) John Milnor.
(c) Lloyd Shapley.
(d) Albert Einstein.

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

4. Nash presented a talk on his work at the International Congress of Mathematics when in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) March, 1953.
(b) April, 1952.
(c) December, 1949.
(d) September, 1950.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II?

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s maternal grandfather held what profession?

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

4. On what date did the Korean War begin?

5. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics in his youth while reading what book?

(see the answer key)

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