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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. With whom did Nash work on games during his second summer at RAND in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Albert Tucker.
(b) Warren Ambrose.
(c) Robert Lowell.
(d) John Milnor.

2. Who co-authored The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior with John von Neumann?
(a) Oskar Morgenstern.
(b) Norman Steenrod.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Solomon Lefschetz.

3. Between the ages of twenty-four and twenty-nine, Nash had how many children?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

4. Princeton was building its faculty in what areas when John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived in Chapter Three?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Geology and Earth Sciences.
(c) Mathematics and Physics.
(d) Foreign languages.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas?

2. What is a situation in which no player can improve his situation in game theory?

3. When was John von Neumann born?

4. The first signs of John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mental deterioration appeared in what year, according to the Prologue?

5. Where was John von Neumann born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When was Nash's first son born? How did Nash respond to his son's birth in Chapter Twenty-Three?

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

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

7. How is Nash's relationship to Lloyd Shapley described in Chapter Eleven?

8. What work did Nash do during his second summer at RAND in Chapter Eighteen? With whom did he work?

9. Why did Nash refuse a permanent position at RAND in Chapter Fourteen? Where did he go instead?

10. When did Nash begin working for RAND? How did his work there influence his thinking?

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