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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was John von Neumann born?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) London.
(d) Budapest.

2. Where was Albert Tucker when Nash mailed the first draft of his thesis to him in Chapter Ten?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Maine.
(d) California.

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

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

5. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s relationship with Eleanor lasted until what year?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1956.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Lloyd Shapley from?

3. John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s thesis for Princeton became known as what, as described in Chapter Ten?

4. What profession did John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s mother hold before she married?

5. When was John von Neumann born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Nash's thesis for Princeton described in Chapter Ten? What significance did it have?

2. Where did Nash meet Eleanor? How is their relationship described in Chapter Twenty-Three?

3. 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?

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

5. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. grow up? How were Nash's parents described in Chapter One?

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

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

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

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

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

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