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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. On what date did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s parents marry?
(a) May 28, 1927.
(b) September 6, 1924.
(c) June 4, 1919.
(d) April 13, 1933.

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

3. Who did the Republic of Korea fight in the Korean War?
(a) China.
(b) Cambodia.
(c) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
(d) Vietnam.

4. Where was Lloyd Shapley from?
(a) Bangor, Maine.
(b) St. Louis, Missouri.
(c) Miami, Florida.
(d) Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Princeton was building its faculty in what areas when John Forbes Nash, Jr. arrived in Chapter Three?

2. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. meet Eleanor in Chapter Twenty-Three?

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

4. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. take mathematics classes while in high school?

5. Who was Lloyd Shapley's father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is related regarding game theory in Chapter Eight? What important book changed the way that game theory was perceived?

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

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