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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Rockefeller Foundation established?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1913.

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s thesis for Princeton became known as what, as described in Chapter Ten?
(a) Nash equilibrium.
(b) A zero-sum game.
(c) The continuum hypothesis.
(d) Game theory.

3. What refers to a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas?
(a) Varymath.
(b) Manymath.
(c) Multimath.
(d) Polymath.

4. In Chapter Fifteen, Nash began to study the area of what?
(a) Manifolds.
(b) Riemann's Hypothesis.
(c) Game theory.
(d) The continuum hypothesis.

5. In Chapter Twenty, Nash antagonized a colleague named what?
(a) Warren Ambrose.
(b) Jack Bricker.
(c) Solomon Lefschetz.
(d) Norman Steenrod.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Nash when he began teaching at MIT?

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

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

4. How many pages was John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s thesis in Chapter Ten?

5. In Chapter Ten, Nash developed an equilibrium point that could apply to more than two people and wasn't necessarily what?

(see the answer key)

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