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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When was the original "Kriegsspiel" game developed?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1812.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1901.

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

5. What was the name of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mother?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Betsy.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Cynthia.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

3. What refers to a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas?

4. Where was John Forbes Nash, Jr. born?

5. Where was Albert Tucker when Nash mailed the first draft of his thesis to him in Chapter Ten?

(see the answer key)

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