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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived at Princeton in what year, in Chapter Three?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1948.

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

3. Who did the Republic of Korea fight in the Korean War?
(a) Cambodia.
(b) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
(c) China.
(d) Vietnam.

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

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

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

7. What is the name of the child John Forbes Nash, Jr. had with Eleanor in Chapter Twenty-Three?
(a) Michael Jacob Nash.
(b) Thomas Abraham Nash.
(c) John David Stier.
(d) Robert Lewis Stier.

8. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s maternal grandfather held what profession?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Minister.
(c) Banker.
(d) Physician.

9. In Chapter Fifteen, Nash began to study the area of what?
(a) Manifolds.
(b) The continuum hypothesis.
(c) Game theory.
(d) Riemann's Hypothesis.

10. On what date did the Korean War begin?
(a) December 8, 1958.
(b) June 25, 1950.
(c) September 22, 1942.
(d) May 4, 1935.

11. Between the ages of twenty-four and twenty-nine, Nash had relationships with how many men?
(a) Two.
(b) Eight.
(c) Three.
(d) Zero.

12. Nash met with von Neumann to discuss his ideas regarding what in Chapter Ten?
(a) Game theory.
(b) Manifolds.
(c) The continuum hypothesis.
(d) Riemann's Hypothesis.

13. Joseph McCarthy served as a Republican U.S. Senator from what state?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Ohio.

14. Nash invented a game of strategy at Princeton and what fellow student made the board for the game?
(a) Oskar Morgenstern.
(b) Lloyd Shapley.
(c) Warren Ambrose.
(d) David Gale.

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

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. When was Joseph McCarthy born?

3. Where did John Forbes Nash, Sr. work during the Depression?

4. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. meet Eleanor in Chapter Twenty-Three?

5. Kriegspiel refers to a chess variant invented by whom in 1899?

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