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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter Fourteen, Nash returned to Princeton to teach what while looking for a full-time position?
(a) Physics.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Calculus.

4. Where was Lloyd Shapley from?
(a) Bangor, Maine.
(b) Cambridge, Massachusetts.
(c) St. Louis, Missouri.
(d) Miami, Florida.

5. Where did Nash's sister find a job during Nash's second summer at RAND in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) A library.
(b) A dentist's office.
(c) A bakery.
(d) A movie theatre.

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

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

8. In Chapter Ten, Nash developed an equilibrium point that could apply to more than two people and wasn't necessarily what?
(a) A winnable game.
(b) A zero-sum game.
(c) Mathematically accurate.
(d) A game that could be lost.

9. Where was John Forbes Nash, Jr. born?
(a) Bluefield, West Virginia.
(b) Sierra City, California.
(c) Tacoma, Washington.
(d) Chicago, Illinois.

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

11. During his first semester at Princeton, Nash would arrange his morning walk so he could see whom taking his morning walk?
(a) Norman Steenrod.
(b) Lloyd Shapley.
(c) John Milnor.
(d) Albert Einstein.

12. When was the original "Kriegsspiel" game developed?
(a) 1854.
(b) 1812.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1901.

13. John Forbes Nash, Jr. was born on what date?
(a) June 13, 1928.
(b) October 19, 1940.
(c) November 25, 1935.
(d) January 2, 1913.

14. What is a situation in which no player can improve his situation in game theory?
(a) Stalemate.
(b) End game.
(c) Equilibrium.
(d) A zero-sum game.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Fourteen, Nash didn't immediately secure a deferment from the draft but he had a delay until what date?

2. What is the last name of Eleanor, the woman with whom Nash had an affair in Chapter Twenty-Three?

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

4. Who was Lloyd Shapley's father?

5. Nash's first infatuation with a man was with whom, as described in Chapter Twenty-Two?

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