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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Nash travel to visit a cousin in Chapter Forty-Three?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) South Dakota.
(d) California.

2. When did Jürgen Moser die?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1999.

3. On what date did the Korean War begin?
(a) June 25, 1950.
(b) May 4, 1935.
(c) September 22, 1942.
(d) December 8, 1958.

4. In Chapter Twenty-Eight, Nash spent the summer of 1956 where?
(a) Austin, Texas.
(b) St. Paul, Minnesota.
(c) Seattle, Washington.
(d) Cody, Wyoming.

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?
(a) Incontrovertable evidence.
(b) Psychic information.
(c) Perfect information.
(d) Complete data.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s parents adopt?

2. Where was Nash involuntarily committed in Chapter Thirty-Six?

3. Who co-authored The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior with John von Neumann?

4. Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study was founded by whom?

5. Who had provided a research position for Nash in Boston in Chapter Forty-Three?

(see the answer key)

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