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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was John von Neumann born?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Budapest.
(c) London.
(d) Los Angeles.

2. Who was Lloyd Shapley's father?
(a) Norman Shapley.
(b) John David Shapley.
(c) Harlow Shapley.
(d) Mark Shapley.

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

4. What is a situation in which no player can improve his situation in game theory?
(a) Stalemate.
(b) Equilibrium.
(c) A zero-sum game.
(d) End game.

5. How old was Nash when he began teaching at MIT?
(a) 38.
(b) 19.
(c) 23.
(d) 27.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Nash invented a game of strategy at Princeton and what fellow student made the board for the game?

5. What year was it when Nash chose who he wanted to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?

(see the answer key)

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