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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 42-46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who co-authored The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior with John von Neumann?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Norman Steenrod.
(c) Oskar Morgenstern.
(d) Solomon Lefschetz.

2. What profession did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mother hold before she married?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Bus driver.

3. When did Joseph McCarthy die?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1971.

4. By what month did Nash begin having problems again and try to secure a position in France in Chapter Forty-Two?
(a) September.
(b) February.
(c) May.
(d) July.

5. Paul Cohen was an American mathematician best known for his proof of the independence of what?
(a) Game theory.
(b) The Manhattan Project.
(c) Manifolds.
(d) The continuum hypothesis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Nash was released from the institution in Chapter Thirty-Seven, he went to MIT and hosted what?

3. When was Paul Cohen born?

4. Where was Nash living with his mother in Chapter Forty-Four?

5. What institution was interested in Nash in Chapter Thirty-Three, although he applied for grant money for a sabbatical to work on research at Princeton and in Paris?

(see the answer key)

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