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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. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s thesis for Princeton became known as what, as described in Chapter Ten?
(a) Nash equilibrium.
(b) A zero-sum game.
(c) The continuum hypothesis.
(d) Game theory.

2. What year was it in Chapter Forty-Four?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1970.

3. Nash received an honorary degree, Doctor of Science and Technology from what institution in 1999?
(a) The University of Chicago.
(b) Carnegie Mellon University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Princeton University.

4. Where did John Forbes Nash, Sr. work during the Depression?
(a) Everglades Energy.
(b) Appalachian Power.
(c) Pacific Gas and Electric.
(d) Adirondack Light.

5. Where was Nash living with his mother in Chapter Forty-Four?
(a) Key West, Florida.
(b) Columbus, Ohio.
(c) Roanoke, Virginia.
(d) Buffalo, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Nash travel to visit a cousin in Chapter Forty-Three?

2. Where was Nash committed in Chapter Forty?

3. In what year was Nash awarded the John von Neumann Theory Prize for his discovery of non-cooperative equilibria?

4. Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study was founded in what year?

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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