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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What profession did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mother hold before she married?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Bus driver.
(d) Secretary.

3. During his first semester at Princeton, Nash would arrange his morning walk so he could see whom taking his morning walk?
(a) John Milnor.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Norman Steenrod.
(d) Lloyd Shapley.

4. Nash presented a talk on his work at the International Congress of Mathematics when in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) March, 1953.
(b) September, 1950.
(c) April, 1952.
(d) December, 1949.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mother?

3. When did John von Neumann die?

4. Who was Lloyd Shapley's father?

5. Where did Nash, his sister and friend rent a small apartment during Nash's second summer at RAND?

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