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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. When was the original "Kriegsspiel" game developed?

2. In Chapter Twenty, Nash was challenged to solve the problem of what?

3. With whom did Nash work on games during his second summer at RAND in Chapter Eighteen?

4. When did John von Neumann die?

5. On what date did the Korean War begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does the author describe the romantic life of John Forbes Nash, Jr. in Chapter Twenty-One?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Nash's first institutionalization and his diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. How did Nash's behavior change during this time? What were his colleagues' concerns? How old was Nash when symptoms of mental illness began to surface?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the RAND Corporation and the Cold War. Who was America's rival in the Cold War? What defense measures were taken at this time? What military work was done by the RAND Corporation? What work does RAND do today? How has the company evolved?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Jürgen Moser. When was the Courant Institute established? What was the basis of Nash's work there? How did Nash feel about his career in Chapters Thirty and Thirty-One? Why?

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