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

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

3. Nash's first infatuation with a man was with whom, as described in Chapter Twenty-Two?
(a) Ervin Thorson.
(b) Henry Michael Temple.
(c) Oskar Morgenstern.
(d) Norman Steenrod.

4. Kriegspiel refers to a chess variant invented by whom in 1899?
(a) Georg von Rassewitz.
(b) Lloyd Shapley.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Henry Michael Temple.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the child John Forbes Nash, Jr. had with Eleanor in Chapter Twenty-Three?

2. When was Lloyd Shapley born?

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

4. Nash met with von Neumann to discuss his ideas regarding what in Chapter Ten?

5. What was the name of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Nash's thesis for Princeton described in Chapter Ten? What significance did it have?

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

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

4. Where did Nash meet Eleanor? How is their relationship described in Chapter Twenty-Three?

5. What does the author write about Nash's involvement with games in Chapter Six?

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

7. Why did Nash worry about the onset of the Korean War in Chapter Fourteen? What actions did he take?

8. What led to Nash's work with manifolds in Chapter Fifteen? What did his theorem state?

9. What paper does the author describe that Nash wrote in Chapter Nine? What did the paper examine?

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

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