A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994 Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The one requirement at Princeton in the mathematics department when Nash attended in Chapter Four was that the students attend what daily?
(a) McAnderson's lecture.
(b) A faculty tea.
(c) Student meetings.
(d) Church services.

2. When was Joseph McCarthy born?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1875.

3. RAND conducted experiments in games to see if the players did what, in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Could win the game.
(b) Would lose the game.
(c) Acted unpredictably.
(d) Acted as they predicted.

4. Who co-authored The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior with John von Neumann?
(a) Norman Steenrod.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Solomon Lefschetz.
(d) Oskar Morgenstern.

5. The first signs of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mental deterioration appeared in what year, according to the Prologue?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1969.

6. What is the last name of Eleanor, the woman with whom Nash had an affair in Chapter Twenty-Three?
(a) Stier.
(b) Harsanyi.
(c) Flexner.
(d) Morgenstern.

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

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

9. Chapter Twenty-Four discusses Nash's friendship with what MIT graduate student?
(a) John Milnor.
(b) Jack Bricker.
(c) Robert Lowell.
(d) Reinhard Selten.

10. Where did Nash, his sister and friend rent a small apartment during Nash's second summer at RAND?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Santa Barbara.

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

12. According to the Prologue, John Forbes Nash, Jr. became well known as a mathematician in what year?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1937.

13. Nash presented a talk on his work at the International Congress of Mathematics when in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) March, 1953.
(b) December, 1949.
(c) April, 1952.
(d) September, 1950.

14. In Chapter Fourteen, Nash didn't immediately secure a deferment from the draft but he had a delay until what date?
(a) May 11, 1952.
(b) June 30, 1951.
(c) February 15, 1950.
(d) August 9 1949.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Fifteen, Nash began to study the area of what?

2. When was Lloyd Shapley born?

3. With whom did Nash work on games during his second summer at RAND in Chapter Eighteen?

4. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s maternal grandfather held what profession?

5. Where is MIT located?

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