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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Prologue, John Forbes Nash, Jr. became well known as a mathematician in what year?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1964.

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

3. How many pages was John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s thesis in Chapter Ten?
(a) 73.
(b) 27.
(c) 39.
(d) 12.

4. Where is MIT located?
(a) Cambridge, Massachusetts.
(b) Billings, Montana.
(c) Butte, Montana.
(d) Boston, Massachusets.

5. Who was the chairman of the mathematics department at Princeton when Nash began attending in Chapter Four?
(a) John David Stier.
(b) Norman Steenrod.
(c) Solomon Lefschetz.
(d) Albert Einstein.

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

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

4. Who did Nash ask to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?

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

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