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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kriegspiel refers to a chess variant invented by whom in 1899?
(a) Henry Michael Temple.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Lloyd Shapley.
(d) Georg von Rassewitz.

2. Where was Albert Tucker when Nash mailed the first draft of his thesis to him in Chapter Ten?
(a) Maine.
(b) Alaska.
(c) California.
(d) Hawaii.

3. RAND Corporation first formed to offer research and analysis to the United States armed forces by what American aerospace manufacturer?
(a) Boeing.
(b) Douglas Aircraft Company.
(c) Cesna.
(d) RCA.

4. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. meet Eleanor in Chapter Twenty-Three?
(a) A Boston hospital.
(b) A library.
(c) A bus stop.
(d) A church mass.

5. John Forbes Nash, Jr. won a Westinghouse Scholarship to study where in Chapter One?
(a) MIT.
(b) The University of Chicago.
(c) The Carnegie Institute of Technology.
(d) Bluefield College.

6. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics in his youth while reading what book?
(a) The Geometry of Humankind.
(b) The Math Wizard.
(c) The Power of Equations.
(d) Men of Mathematics.

7. With whom did Nash work on games during his second summer at RAND in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Albert Tucker.
(b) John Milnor.
(c) Warren Ambrose.
(d) Robert Lowell.

8. Where did John Forbes Nash, Sr. work during the Depression?
(a) Adirondack Light.
(b) Appalachian Power.
(c) Pacific Gas and Electric.
(d) Everglades Energy.

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

10. Nash drove across country with his sister Martha and who during his second summer at RAND?
(a) Ruth Hincks.
(b) Margaret Virginia Martin.
(c) Robert Lowell.
(d) Reinhard Selten.

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

12. Who did Nash ask to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?
(a) Lloyd Shapley.
(b) Henry Michael Temple.
(c) Norman Steenrod.
(d) Albert Tucker.

13. What was the name of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mother?
(a) Cynthia.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Betsy.

14. When was John von Neumann born?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1903.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Princeton was building its faculty in what areas when John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived in Chapter Three?

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics at what age?

3. Nash's first infatuation with a man was in summer of what year?

4. Who was Lloyd Shapley's father?

5. Between the ages of twenty-four and twenty-nine, Nash had relationships with how many men?

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