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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 33 - 35.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Kriegspiel is German for what?
(a) War game.
(b) Sausage.
(c) Automobile.
(d) Barking dog.

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

5. Where was Jürgen Moser born?
(a) East Prussia.
(b) Italy.
(c) Brazil.
(d) South Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first signs of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mental deterioration appeared in what year, according to the Prologue?

2. In game theory, what describes the situation when a player has available the same information to determine all of the possible games as would be available at the end of the game?

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

4. Paul Cohen was an American mathematician best known for his proof of the independence of what?

5. When was John von Neumann born?

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