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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics in his youth while reading what book?
(a) Men of Mathematics.
(b) The Geometry of Humankind.
(c) The Math Wizard.
(d) The Power of Equations.

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr. won a Westinghouse Scholarship to study where in Chapter One?
(a) The Carnegie Institute of Technology.
(b) MIT.
(c) Bluefield College.
(d) The University of Chicago.

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

5. Kriegspiel is German for what?
(a) Sausage.
(b) Automobile.
(c) Barking dog.
(d) War game.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kriegspiel refers to a chess variant based upon the original "Kriegsspiel" developed by whom?

2. Kriegspiel refers to a chess variant invented by whom in 1899?

3. What refers to a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II?

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

5. What refers to a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas?

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