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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was John Forbes Nash, Jr. born?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Tacoma, Washington.
(c) Bluefield, West Virginia.
(d) Sierra City, California.

3. What religion did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s parents adopt?
(a) Mormonism.
(b) Scientology.
(c) Episcopalian.
(d) Buddhism.

4. Princeton was building its faculty in what areas when John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived in Chapter Three?
(a) Mathematics and Physics.
(b) Foreign languages.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Geology and Earth Sciences.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s thesis for Princeton became known as what, as described in Chapter Ten?

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

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics in his youth while reading what book?

4. How many pages was John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s thesis in Chapter Ten?

5. Chapter Eleven describes Nash's friendship with Lloyd Shapley which began in what year?

(see the answer key)

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