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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Ten, Nash developed an equilibrium point that could apply to more than two people and wasn't necessarily what?
(a) A zero-sum game.
(b) A game that could be lost.
(c) A winnable game.
(d) Mathematically accurate.

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics at what age?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 23.
(d) 13.

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived at Princeton in what year, in Chapter Three?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1948.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year was it when Nash chose who he wanted to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?

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

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

5. Chapter Eleven describes Nash's friendship with Lloyd Shapley which began in what year?

(see the answer key)

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