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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18 - 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Joseph McCarthy served as a Republican U.S. Senator from what state?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Ohio.

3. Who co-authored The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior with John von Neumann?
(a) Solomon Lefschetz.
(b) Norman Steenrod.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Oskar Morgenstern.

4. How many faculty members from MIT belonged to a Communist Party cell and were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, as described in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Two.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

5. What year was it when Nash chose who he wanted to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Lloyd Shapley's father?

2. What profession did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mother hold before she married?

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

4. What religion did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s parents adopt?

5. Where did Nash's sister find a job during Nash's second summer at RAND in Chapter Eighteen?

(see the answer key)

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