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

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

Sylvia Nasar
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 123 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On what date did Eleanor give birth to Nash's son in Chapter Twenty-Three?
(a) May 12, 1952.
(b) June 19, 1953.
(c) October 31, 1951.
(d) November 4, 1955.

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

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

5. What profession did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mother hold before she married?
(a) Bus driver.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mother?

2. When was John von Neumann born?

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

4. 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?

5. How old was John Forbes Nash, Jr. when he arrived at Princeton in Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. What became of the meeting between John Forbes Nash, Jr. and John von Neumann in Chapter Ten?

2. How are John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s experiences in college described in Chapter Two?

3. How is Nash's thesis for Princeton described in Chapter Ten? What significance did it have?

4. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. grow up? How were Nash's parents described in Chapter One?

5. How was Nash perceived by faculty and his peers at Princeton in Chapter Five?

6. What is related regarding game theory in Chapter Eight? What important book changed the way that game theory was perceived?

7. What does the author write about Nash's involvement with games in Chapter Six?

8. Where did Nash move in Chapter Sixteen? What job did he take and with whom did he work?

9. What was John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s reputation in his second year of college, as described in Chapter Two? Where did he decide to go to graduate school?

10. What paper does the author describe that Nash wrote in Chapter Nine? What did the paper examine?

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