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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 Chapter Fourteen, Nash returned to Princeton to teach what while looking for a full-time position?
(a) Calculus.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Algebra.
(d) Physics.

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

3. When did John von Neumann die?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1951.

4. What was the name of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mother?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Cynthia.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Betsy.

5. Nash met with von Neumann to discuss his ideas regarding what in Chapter Ten?
(a) The continuum hypothesis.
(b) Riemann's Hypothesis.
(c) Game theory.
(d) Manifolds.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What refers to a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas?

5. Kriegspiel is German for what?

(see the answer key)

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