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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is MIT located?
(a) Boston, Massachusets.
(b) Billings, Montana.
(c) Butte, Montana.
(d) Cambridge, Massachusetts.

2. How many pages was John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s thesis in Chapter Ten?
(a) 73.
(b) 12.
(c) 27.
(d) 39.

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s relationship with Eleanor lasted until what year?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1956.

4. What is a situation in which no player can improve his situation in game theory?
(a) Equilibrium.
(b) A zero-sum game.
(c) Stalemate.
(d) End game.

5. Who was the chairman of the mathematics department at Princeton when Nash began attending in Chapter Four?
(a) John David Stier.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Norman Steenrod.
(d) Solomon Lefschetz.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What religion did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s parents adopt?

5. How many faculty members from MIT belonged to a Communist Party cell and were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, as described in Chapter Nineteen?

(see the answer key)

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