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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter Eleven describes Nash's friendship with Lloyd Shapley which began in what year?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1957.

2. Nash's theorem in Chapter Fifteen basically said that it is possible for every manifold to find a part that corresponds to what?
(a) The original object.
(b) The end object.
(c) A basic equation.
(d) The Intermediate object.

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

4. In Chapter Ten, Nash developed an equilibrium point that could apply to more than two people and wasn't necessarily what?
(a) Mathematically accurate.
(b) A zero-sum game.
(c) A winnable game.
(d) A game that could be lost.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Nash when he began teaching at MIT?

2. When was John von Neumann born?

3. Nash invented a game of strategy at Princeton and what fellow student made the board for the game?

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

5. Where was Lloyd Shapley from?

(see the answer key)

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