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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s parents marry?
(a) May 28, 1927.
(b) September 6, 1924.
(c) April 13, 1933.
(d) June 4, 1919.

2. 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?
(a) Psychic information.
(b) Complete data.
(c) Perfect information.
(d) Incontrovertable evidence.

3. Chapter Eleven describes Nash's friendship with Lloyd Shapley which began in what year?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1943.

4. Who co-authored The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior with John von Neumann?
(a) Norman Steenrod.
(b) Solomon Lefschetz.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Oskar Morgenstern.

5. Who was the chairman of the mathematics department at Princeton when Nash began attending in Chapter Four?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Solomon Lefschetz.
(c) Norman Steenrod.
(d) John David Stier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nash met with von Neumann to discuss his ideas regarding what in Chapter Ten?

2. Where was Albert Tucker when Nash mailed the first draft of his thesis to him in Chapter Ten?

3. How old was John Forbes Nash, Jr. when he arrived at Princeton in Chapter Three?

4. During his first semester at Princeton, Nash would arrange his morning walk so he could see whom taking his morning walk?

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

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