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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What refers to a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II?
(a) Project Atomic.
(b) The Roswell Project.
(c) The Manhattan Project.
(d) Project Destruction.

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. 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) Church services.
(d) Student meetings.

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

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

9. Nash's first infatuation with a man was in summer of what year?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1945.

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

11. Where is MIT located?
(a) Butte, Montana.
(b) Boston, Massachusets.
(c) Cambridge, Massachusetts.
(d) Billings, Montana.

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

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

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

15. How much younger was John Forbes Nash, Jr. than his mistress Eleanor?
(a) Five years.
(b) Twenty-four years.
(c) Twelve years.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics in his youth while reading what book?

2. Who did Nash ask to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived at Princeton in what year, in Chapter Three?

4. Who was the chairman of the mathematics department at Princeton when Nash began attending in Chapter Four?

5. Nash's theorem in Chapter Fifteen basically said that it is possible for every manifold to find a part that corresponds to what?

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