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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 50 and epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The department chairman relieved Nash of his teaching duties for how long in Chapter Thirty-Five?
(a) A semester.
(b) One year.
(c) Nine months.
(d) Two weeks.

2. In what year was Nash awarded the John von Neumann Theory Prize for his discovery of non-cooperative equilibria?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1990.

3. Who gave Nash a one year research appointment in Chapter Forty-Two?
(a) Brandeis University.
(b) Carnegie Mellon University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) The University of Chicago.

4. Alicia found employment as what in Chapter Thirty-One?
(a) A physics researcher.
(b) A psychologist.
(c) A calculus professor.
(d) An aerospace engineer.

5. The first signs of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mental deterioration appeared in what year, according to the Prologue?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what month did Nash begin having problems again and try to secure a position in France in Chapter Forty-Two?

2. With whom did Nash work on games during his second summer at RAND in Chapter Eighteen?

3. 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?

4. Where did Alicia's family first settle after coming to America?

5. Where was Peter Sarnak born?

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