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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter Twenty-Seven, Nash realized that he needed to marry after the disastrous summer where?
(a) Santa Monica.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York.

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

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

5. When was Alicia Larde born?
(a) May 17, 1931.
(b) June 9, 1930.
(c) September 28, 1926.
(d) January 1, 1933.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. take mathematics classes while in high school?

2. When was the first Fields Medal awarded?

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

4. Where in New York did John Forbes Nash, Jr. rent an apartment in Chapter Twenty-Nine?

5. When did Joseph McCarthy die?

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