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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) Automobile.
(b) Barking dog.
(c) War game.
(d) Sausage.

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

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics at what age?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 13.
(d) 23.

4. With whom did Nash work on games during his second summer at RAND in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Robert Lowell.
(b) Warren Ambrose.
(c) John Milnor.
(d) Albert Tucker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Lloyd Shapley born?

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

3. Who did Nash ask to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?

4. In Chapter Fifteen, Nash began to study the area of what?

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

(see the answer key)

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