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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nash's first infatuation with a man was in summer of what year?

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s relationship with Eleanor lasted until what year?

3. Nash presented a talk on his work at the International Congress of Mathematics when in Chapter Fifteen?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What became of the meeting between John Forbes Nash, Jr. and John von Neumann in Chapter Ten?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Nash's second summer at RAND and the setting of Santa Monica. Who traveled to California with Nash? What research did Nash conduct at the RAND Corporation during his second summer there? What relationship did Nash have with John Milnor?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Korean War, Nash's draft status, and Nash's work within the field of manifolds. Why did Nash apply for deferment? Who supported him in his efforts to avoid the draft? Who coerced Nash to work with manifolds? What is the significance of Nash's work in the field?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Nash's relationship with Paul Cohen in 1958. What was Nash's career like during this year? What relationships did he form with the University of Chicago and Harvard University? Where was Nash working in 1958? Where did he want to work?

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