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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. What is a situation in which no player can improve his situation in game theory?
(a) A zero-sum game.
(b) End game.
(c) Equilibrium.
(d) Stalemate.

2. What year was it when Nash chose who he wanted to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1942.

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

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

5. 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 Intermediate object.
(b) The end object.
(c) The original object.
(d) A basic equation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr. was born on what date?

3. When was the original "Kriegsspiel" game developed?

4. When was the Rockefeller Foundation established?

5. Where did Nash's sister find a job during Nash's second summer at RAND in Chapter Eighteen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Nash's relationship with Jack Bricker described in Chapter Twenty-Four?

5. What led to Nash's theorem on manifolds in Chapter Twenty? What was the theory known as?

6. How are John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s experiences in college described in Chapter Two?

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

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

9. What was John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s reputation in his second year of college, as described in Chapter Two? Where did he decide to go to graduate school?

10. How does the author describe the romantic life of John Forbes Nash, Jr. in Chapter Twenty-One?

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