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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. take mathematics classes while in high school?
(a) MIT.
(b) The University of Chicago.
(c) The Carnegie Institute of Technology.
(d) Bluefield College.

2. Kriegspiel refers to a chess variant based upon the original "Kriegsspiel" developed by whom?
(a) Georg von Rassewitz.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Henry Michael Temple.
(d) Lloyd Shapley.

3. The first signs of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mental deterioration appeared in what year, according to the Prologue?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1967.

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

5. How old was John Forbes Nash, Jr. when he arrived at Princeton in Chapter Three?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Nineteen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mother?

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr. was born on what date?

4. Who was the professor to whom Nash was closest at Princeton?

5. Who did Nash ask to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?

(see the answer key)

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