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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. Who was the professor to whom Nash was closest at Princeton?
(a) Norman Steenrod.
(b) Lloyd Shapley.
(c) Warren Ambrose.
(d) Oskar Morgenstern.

2. Who did Nash ask to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?
(a) Henry Michael Temple.
(b) Albert Tucker.
(c) Norman Steenrod.
(d) Lloyd Shapley.

3. In Chapter Twenty, Nash was challenged to solve the problem of what?
(a) The Pythagoreon Theorum.
(b) Game theory.
(c) Manifolds.
(d) The Manhattan Project.

4. In Chapter Twenty, Nash antagonized a colleague named what?
(a) Norman Steenrod.
(b) Warren Ambrose.
(c) Solomon Lefschetz.
(d) Jack Bricker.

5. In Chapter Fourteen, Nash didn't immediately secure a deferment from the draft but he had a delay until what date?
(a) May 11, 1952.
(b) February 15, 1950.
(c) August 9 1949.
(d) June 30, 1951.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was John Forbes Nash, Jr. when he arrived at Princeton in Chapter Three?

2. During his first semester at Princeton, Nash would arrange his morning walk so he could see whom taking his morning walk?

3. According to the Prologue, John Forbes Nash, Jr. became well known as a mathematician in what year?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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