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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. In Chapter Fourteen, Nash didn't immediately secure a deferment from the draft but he had a delay until what date?
(a) June 30, 1951.
(b) February 15, 1950.
(c) May 11, 1952.
(d) August 9 1949.

2. What is the name of the child John Forbes Nash, Jr. had with Eleanor in Chapter Twenty-Three?
(a) John David Stier.
(b) Robert Lewis Stier.
(c) Thomas Abraham Nash.
(d) Michael Jacob Nash.

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

4. 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 game that could be lost.
(d) A winnable game.

5. On what date did Eleanor give birth to Nash's son in Chapter Twenty-Three?
(a) November 4, 1955.
(b) June 19, 1953.
(c) October 31, 1951.
(d) May 12, 1952.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is MIT located?

2. Nash's theorem in Chapter Fifteen basically said that it is possible for every manifold to find a part that corresponds to what?

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

4. Where was John von Neumann born?

5. What refers to a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Nash refuse a permanent position at RAND in Chapter Fourteen? Where did he go instead?

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

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

4. What became of the meeting between John Forbes Nash, Jr. and John von Neumann in Chapter Ten?

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

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

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

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

9. Why did Nash worry about the onset of the Korean War in Chapter Fourteen? What actions did he take?

10. How is Nash's relationship to Lloyd Shapley described in Chapter Eleven?

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