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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s maternal grandfather held what profession?
(a) Minister.
(b) Banker.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Physician.

2. RAND was set up in what year as Project RAND?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1953.

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

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

5. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. take mathematics classes while in high school?
(a) The Carnegie Institute of Technology.
(b) The University of Chicago.
(c) Bluefield College.
(d) MIT.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mother?

2. What is a situation in which no player can improve his situation in game theory?

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr. won a Westinghouse Scholarship to study where in Chapter One?

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

5. John Forbes Nash, Jr. was born on what date?

(see the answer key)

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