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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. Between the ages of twenty-four and twenty-nine, Nash had relationships with how many men?

2. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics in his youth while reading what book?

3. What year was it when Nash chose who he wanted to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?

4. On what date did Eleanor give birth to Nash's son in Chapter Twenty-Three?

5. Who did Nash ask to be his thesis advisor in Chapter Ten?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who accompanied Nash in his second summer at RAND in Chapter Eighteen? Where did he live?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How was John Forbes Nash, Jr. described as a child in Chapter One? When did he develop an interest in mathematics?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Nash's relationship with Jack Bricker and his arrest in Santa Monica. What work did Nash do with Bricker? Also discuss the theme of homosexuality in the book. Has Nash ever discussed his relationships with men? How was the book received by Nash in this regard?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the childhood of John Forbes Nash, Jr. from 1928-1948. How was Nash perceived by his teachers and peers? When did he develop an interest in mathematics? What classes did Nash take at Bluefield College and how did they prepare him for enrollment at the Carnegie Institute?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Princeton University and Solomon Lefshetz in 1948. How does the author describe the transitions within the mathematics department in 1948? Who were the faculty? How did Solomon Lefshetz go about recruiting Nash? Why?

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