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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is MIT located?
(a) Butte, Montana.
(b) Boston, Massachusets.
(c) Cambridge, Massachusetts.
(d) Billings, Montana.

2. When was Lloyd Shapley born?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1909.
(d) 1914.

3. The one requirement at Princeton in the mathematics department when Nash attended in Chapter Four was that the students attend what daily?
(a) Church services.
(b) A faculty tea.
(c) Student meetings.
(d) McAnderson's lecture.

4. Nash's first infatuation with a man was with whom, as described in Chapter Twenty-Two?
(a) Norman Steenrod.
(b) Oskar Morgenstern.
(c) Henry Michael Temple.
(d) Ervin Thorson.

5. Nash presented a talk on his work at the International Congress of Mathematics when in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) September, 1950.
(b) April, 1952.
(c) March, 1953.
(d) December, 1949.

6. How much younger was John Forbes Nash, Jr. than his mistress Eleanor?
(a) Twenty-four years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Twelve years.

7. What refers to a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas?
(a) Multimath.
(b) Manymath.
(c) Varymath.
(d) Polymath.

8. According to the Prologue, John Forbes Nash, Jr. became well known as a mathematician in what year?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1964.

9. Chapter Eleven describes Nash's friendship with Lloyd Shapley which began in what year?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1950.

10. In Chapter Ten, Nash developed an equilibrium point that could apply to more than two people and wasn't necessarily what?
(a) Mathematically accurate.
(b) A zero-sum game.
(c) A winnable game.
(d) A game that could be lost.

11. Nash's first infatuation with a man was in summer of what year?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1941.

12. Between the ages of twenty-four and twenty-nine, Nash had relationships with how many men?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Eight.
(d) Zero.

13. Where was John Forbes Nash, Jr. born?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Bluefield, West Virginia.
(c) Sierra City, California.
(d) Tacoma, Washington.

14. John Forbes Nash, Jr. became interested in mathematics at what age?
(a) 23.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 13.

15. During his first semester at Princeton, Nash would arrange his morning walk so he could see whom taking his morning walk?
(a) Lloyd Shapley.
(b) John Milnor.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Norman Steenrod.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the chairman of the mathematics department at Princeton when Nash began attending in Chapter Four?

2. Between the ages of twenty-four and twenty-nine, Nash had how many children?

3. What is the last name of Eleanor, the woman with whom Nash had an affair in Chapter Twenty-Three?

4. When did Joseph McCarthy die?

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

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