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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did the Korean War begin?
(a) June 25, 1950.
(b) May 4, 1935.
(c) September 22, 1942.
(d) December 8, 1958.

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?
(a) Incontrovertable evidence.
(b) Psychic information.
(c) Perfect information.
(d) Complete data.

3. Who was the chairman of the mathematics department at Princeton when Nash began attending in Chapter Four?
(a) John David Stier.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Solomon Lefschetz.
(d) Norman Steenrod.

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

5. John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived at Princeton in what month?
(a) May.
(b) August.
(c) December.
(d) September.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Lloyd Shapley's father?

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

3. In May 1948, Project RAND became an independent non-profit organization with initial capital from where?

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

5. Nash's theorem in Chapter Fifteen basically said that it is possible for every manifold to find a part that corresponds to what?

(see the answer key)

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