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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 Lloyd Shapley born?

2. Who was the professor to whom Nash was closest at Princeton?

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

4. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s maternal grandfather held what profession?

5. In Chapter Twenty, Nash antagonized a colleague named what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. When was Nash's first son born? How did Nash respond to his son's birth in Chapter Twenty-Three?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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