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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 38 - 41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What institution was interested in Nash in Chapter Thirty-Three, although he applied for grant money for a sabbatical to work on research at Princeton and in Paris?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Antioch College.
(c) The University of Chicago.
(d) Bluefield College.

2. In what year was John's sister Martha Nash born?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1907.

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

4. Nash met with von Neumann to discuss his ideas regarding what in Chapter Ten?
(a) The continuum hypothesis.
(b) Riemann's Hypothesis.
(c) Manifolds.
(d) Game theory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a situation in which no player can improve his situation in game theory?

2. When did Jürgen Moser die?

3. When did John von Neumann die?

4. What does IMU stand for?

5. In Chapter Twenty, Nash was challenged to solve the problem of what?

(see the answer key)

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