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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kriegspiel refers to a chess variant invented by whom in 1899?
(a) Henry Michael Temple.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Georg von Rassewitz.
(d) Lloyd Shapley.

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr. was born on what date?
(a) November 25, 1935.
(b) October 19, 1940.
(c) January 2, 1913.
(d) June 13, 1928.

3. 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) Warren Ambrose.
(d) Lloyd Shapley.

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?
(a) The Roswell Project.
(b) The Manhattan Project.
(c) Project Atomic.
(d) Project Destruction.

5. When was the original "Kriegsspiel" game developed?
(a) 1812.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1901.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was John Forbes Nash, Jr. when he arrived at Princeton in Chapter Three?

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

4. Princeton was building its faculty in what areas when John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived in Chapter Three?

5. Where was John von Neumann born?

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