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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Albert Tucker when Nash mailed the first draft of his thesis to him in Chapter Ten?
(a) Alaska.
(b) California.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Maine.

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

3. In Chapter Fourteen, Nash didn't immediately secure a deferment from the draft but he had a delay until what date?
(a) May 11, 1952.
(b) August 9 1949.
(c) February 15, 1950.
(d) June 30, 1951.

4. RAND was set up in what year as Project RAND?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1953.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Joseph McCarthy served as a Republican U.S. Senator from what state?

2. When was Lloyd Shapley born?

3. Kriegspiel refers to a chess variant invented by whom in 1899?

4. Nash presented a talk on his work at the International Congress of Mathematics when in Chapter Fifteen?

5. On what date did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s parents marry?

(see the answer key)

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