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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Twenty, Nash was challenged to solve the problem of what?
(a) The Manhattan Project.
(b) The Pythagoreon Theorum.
(c) Game theory.
(d) Manifolds.

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

3. Where was Lloyd Shapley from?
(a) Miami, Florida.
(b) Bangor, Maine.
(c) Cambridge, Massachusetts.
(d) St. Louis, Missouri.

4. Where did John Forbes Nash, Sr. work during the Depression?
(a) Everglades Energy.
(b) Pacific Gas and Electric.
(c) Adirondack Light.
(d) Appalachian Power.

5. What is the last name of Eleanor, the woman with whom Nash had an affair in Chapter Twenty-Three?
(a) Stier.
(b) Flexner.
(c) Morgenstern.
(d) Harsanyi.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Rockefeller Foundation established?

2. In Chapter Fourteen, Nash returned to Princeton to teach what while looking for a full-time position?

3. Where was John von Neumann born?

4. Chapter Twenty-Four discusses Nash's friendship with what MIT graduate student?

5. Kriegspiel refers to a chess variant based upon the original "Kriegsspiel" developed by whom?

(see the answer key)

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