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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many pages was John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s thesis in Chapter Ten?
(a) 39.
(b) 73.
(c) 12.
(d) 27.

3. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. take mathematics classes while in high school?
(a) MIT.
(b) The University of Chicago.
(c) The Carnegie Institute of Technology.
(d) Bluefield College.

4. What was Eleanor's profession when she met John Forbes Nash, Jr. in Chapter Twenty-Three?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Waitress.
(c) Actress.
(d) Librarian.

5. When did Joseph McCarthy die?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1963.

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

7. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics at what age?
(a) 23.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 13.

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

9. Who was the chairman of the mathematics department at Princeton when Nash began attending in Chapter Four?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) John David Stier.
(c) Norman Steenrod.
(d) Solomon Lefschetz.

10. How many faculty members from MIT belonged to a Communist Party cell and were called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, as described in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Three.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.

11. John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived at Princeton in what month?
(a) September.
(b) August.
(c) May.
(d) December.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Fourteen, Nash returned to Princeton to teach what while looking for a full-time position?

2. Between the ages of twenty-four and twenty-nine, Nash had how many children?

3. Nash drove across country with his sister Martha and who during his second summer at RAND?

4. Where is MIT located?

5. RAND Corporation first formed to offer research and analysis to the United States armed forces by what American aerospace manufacturer?

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