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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. What institution was interested in Nash in Chapter Thirty-Three, although he applied for grant money for a sabbatical to work on research at Princeton and in Paris?

2. Where was Alicia Larde born?

3. In Chapter Thirty-Two, Nash looked for another project in which to become involved and decided to tackle the problem posed by what?

4. Where did Alicia take a job in New York after returning to the U.S. in Chapter Thirty-Nine?

5. Who had provided a research position for Nash in Boston in Chapter Forty-Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was Nash committed in Chapter Forty-Two? Where did he go upon release?

2. How old was Nash in Chapter Thirty-One? How did he feel about his career at this point?

3. How is John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s relationship with Alicia described in Chapter Thirty-One? What were peoples' impressions of Alicia?

4. Where was Nash hospitalized in Chapter Forty? What did he think of his treatment?

5. Why did Nash decline an offer at the University of Chicago in Chapter Thirty-Four? How was his behavior described at this time?

6. What new project did Nash begin working on in Chapter Thirty-Two? Why?

7. What led to John Forbes Nash, Jr. asking Alicia Larde out in Chapter Twenty-Seven?

8. How are Nash's career and personal life described in Chapter Thirty-Three?

9. When had Nash previously been considered for the Nobel Prize, as described in Chapter Forty-Eight? Why had he not been nominated?

10. How is Alicia's life described during Nash's hospitalization in Chapter Thirty-Seven? Where did she live?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe John von Neumann, Oskar Morgenstern, The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, and "The Bargaining Problem." What was significant about the work of Morgenstern and von Neumann? How did it influence the work of John Forbes Nash, Jr.?

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 and discuss Albert Tucker, Lloyd Shapley and Nash equilibrium. What is the basic premise of Nash equilibrium? What influences did Nash have from his relationships with Albert Tucker and Lloyd Shapley. What was the basis of Nash's rivalry with Shapley?

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