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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Princeton was building its faculty in what areas when John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived in Chapter Three?
(a) Geology and Earth Sciences.
(b) Mathematics and Physics.
(c) Foreign languages.
(d) Psychology.

4. What is a situation in which no player can improve his situation in game theory?
(a) End game.
(b) A zero-sum game.
(c) Equilibrium.
(d) Stalemate.

5. Where was John Forbes Nash, Jr. born?
(a) Sierra City, California.
(b) Tacoma, Washington.
(c) Bluefield, West Virginia.
(d) Chicago, Illinois.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Lloyd Shapley born?

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived at Princeton in what month?

3. Who was Lloyd Shapley's father?

4. John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived at Princeton in what year, in Chapter Three?

5. How many pages was John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s thesis in Chapter Ten?

(see the answer key)

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