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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. Where did Nash, his sister and friend rent a small apartment during Nash's second summer at RAND?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Santa Barbara.
(d) San Francisco.

2. Where did John Forbes Nash, Sr. work during the Depression?
(a) Adirondack Light.
(b) Everglades Energy.
(c) Pacific Gas and Electric.
(d) Appalachian Power.

3. RAND was set up in what year as Project RAND?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1946.

4. How old was John Forbes Nash, Jr. when he arrived at Princeton in Chapter Three?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Nineteen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II?

2. Where was Albert Tucker when Nash mailed the first draft of his thesis to him in Chapter Ten?

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr. won a Westinghouse Scholarship to study where in Chapter One?

4. In Chapter Twenty, Nash antagonized a colleague named what?

5. Joseph McCarthy served as a Republican U.S. Senator from what state?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the political atmosphere described in Chapter Nineteen? How did it affect the faculty at MIT?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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