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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During his first semester at Princeton, Nash would arrange his morning walk so he could see whom taking his morning walk?
(a) Lloyd Shapley.
(b) John Milnor.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Norman Steenrod.

2. What religion did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s parents adopt?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Mormonism.
(c) Episcopalian.
(d) Scientology.

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

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

5. When was John von Neumann born?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1875.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who co-authored The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior with John von Neumann?

2. In Chapter Ten, Nash developed an equilibrium point that could apply to more than two people and wasn't necessarily what?

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

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

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

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