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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Lloyd Shapley's father?
(a) Harlow Shapley.
(b) John David Shapley.
(c) Mark Shapley.
(d) Norman Shapley.

2. The one requirement at Princeton in the mathematics department when Nash attended in Chapter Four was that the students attend what daily?
(a) McAnderson's lecture.
(b) A faculty tea.
(c) Student meetings.
(d) Church services.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s thesis for Princeton became known as what, as described in Chapter Ten?

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

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics at what age?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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