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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 33 - 35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between the ages of twenty-four and twenty-nine, Nash had how many children?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

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

3. In Chapter Twenty, Nash antagonized a colleague named what?
(a) Jack Bricker.
(b) Solomon Lefschetz.
(c) Norman Steenrod.
(d) Warren Ambrose.

4. Kriegspiel is German for what?
(a) Sausage.
(b) War game.
(c) Barking dog.
(d) Automobile.

5. 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) Perfect information.
(c) Complete data.
(d) Incontrovertable evidence.

Short Answer Questions

1. In May 1948, Project RAND became an independent non-profit organization with initial capital from where?

2. Chapter Twenty-Four discusses Nash's friendship with what MIT graduate student?

3. When did Paul Cohen die?

4. Alicia found employment as what in Chapter Thirty-One?

5. When was the Rockefeller Foundation established?

(see the answer key)

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