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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did John von Neumann die?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1967.

2. On what date did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s parents marry?
(a) April 13, 1933.
(b) May 28, 1927.
(c) June 4, 1919.
(d) September 6, 1924.

3. 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) Lloyd Shapley.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) John Milnor.

4. 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 winnable game.
(c) Mathematically accurate.
(d) A game that could be lost.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The first signs of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mental deterioration appeared in what year, according to the Prologue?

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

4. Princeton was building its faculty in what areas when John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived in Chapter Three?

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

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