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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s parents marry?
(a) May 28, 1927.
(b) September 6, 1924.
(c) June 4, 1919.
(d) April 13, 1933.

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 end object.
(b) A basic equation.
(c) The Intermediate object.
(d) The original object.

3. Kriegspiel refers to a chess variant invented by whom in 1899?
(a) Henry Michael Temple.
(b) Georg von Rassewitz.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Lloyd Shapley.

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

5. What refers to a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas?
(a) Varymath.
(b) Polymath.
(c) Manymath.
(d) Multimath.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Kriegspiel is German for what?

4. When was the original "Kriegsspiel" game developed?

5. 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?

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