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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18 - 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Nash's sister find a job during Nash's second summer at RAND in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) A library.
(b) A dentist's office.
(c) A bakery.
(d) A movie theatre.

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

3. When was Lloyd Shapley born?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1905.

4. RAND was set up in what year as Project RAND?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1939.

5. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. take mathematics classes while in high school?
(a) Bluefield College.
(b) MIT.
(c) The Carnegie Institute of Technology.
(d) The University of Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. RAND Corporation first formed to offer research and analysis to the United States armed forces by what American aerospace manufacturer?

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?

3. In Chapter Fourteen, Nash didn't immediately secure a deferment from the draft but he had a delay until what date?

4. Kriegspiel is German for what?

5. RAND conducted experiments in games to see if the players did what, in Chapter Eighteen?

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