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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s parents marry?
(a) May 28, 1927.
(b) April 13, 1933.
(c) September 6, 1924.
(d) June 4, 1919.

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s relationship with Eleanor lasted until what year?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1954.

3. RAND Corporation first formed to offer research and analysis to the United States armed forces by what American aerospace manufacturer?
(a) RCA.
(b) Cesna.
(c) Douglas Aircraft Company.
(d) Boeing.

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

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

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

7. Nash's theorem in Chapter Fifteen basically said that it is possible for every manifold to find a part that corresponds to what?
(a) The original object.
(b) A basic equation.
(c) The Intermediate object.
(d) The end object.

8. In Chapter Twenty, Nash was challenged to solve the problem of what?
(a) Game theory.
(b) Manifolds.
(c) The Pythagoreon Theorum.
(d) The Manhattan Project.

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

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

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

12. In Chapter Twenty, Nash antagonized a colleague named what?
(a) Norman Steenrod.
(b) Solomon Lefschetz.
(c) Warren Ambrose.
(d) Jack Bricker.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s thesis for Princeton became known as what, as described in Chapter Ten?

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

3. Chapter Twenty-Four discusses Nash's friendship with what MIT graduate student?

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

5. Who was Lloyd Shapley's father?

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