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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. arrived at Princeton in what month?
(a) May.
(b) December.
(c) September.
(d) August.

2. Where was John von Neumann born?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Budapest.
(c) London.
(d) Los Angeles.

3. According to the Prologue, John Forbes Nash, Jr. became well known as a mathematician in what year?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1964.

4. Nash invented a game of strategy at Princeton and what fellow student made the board for the game?
(a) Oskar Morgenstern.
(b) David Gale.
(c) Lloyd Shapley.
(d) Warren Ambrose.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John Forbes Nash, Sr. work during the Depression?

2. When was John von Neumann born?

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

4. 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?

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

(see the answer key)

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