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

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

3. How old was Nash when he began teaching at MIT?
(a) 23.
(b) 27.
(c) 19.
(d) 38.

4. Nash met with von Neumann to discuss his ideas regarding what in Chapter Ten?
(a) The continuum hypothesis.
(b) Game theory.
(c) Manifolds.
(d) Riemann's Hypothesis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Princeton was building its faculty in what areas when John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived in Chapter Three?

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

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived at Princeton in what month?

4. On what date did the Korean War begin?

5. In Chapter Ten, Nash developed an equilibrium point that could apply to more than two people and wasn't necessarily what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author describe John von Neumann in Chapter Seven?

3. How was John Forbes Nash, Jr. described as a child in Chapter One? When did he develop an interest in mathematics?

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

5. How old was Nash when he arrived at Princeton? What year was it? In what areas was Princeton building its faculty at this time?

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

7. How does the author describe the mathematics department at Princeton in Chapter Four? How was grading determined?

8. Who accompanied Nash in his second summer at RAND in Chapter Eighteen? Where did he live?

9. To what faculty members was Nash most closely associated at Princeton, as described by the author in Chapter Five?

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

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