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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 the original "Kriegsspiel" game developed?

2. In May 1948, Project RAND became an independent non-profit organization with initial capital from where?

3. Nash presented a talk on his work at the International Congress of Mathematics when in Chapter Fifteen?

4. Nash met with von Neumann to discuss his ideas regarding what in Chapter Ten?

5. RAND was set up in what year as Project RAND?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who accompanied Nash in his second summer at RAND in Chapter Eighteen? Where did he live?

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

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

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

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

6. How does the author describe the mathematics department at Princeton in Chapter Four? How was grading determined?

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Nash's work in Seattle, New York, and the Institute for Advanced Study in 1956. With what university is the Institute for Advanced Study associated? What work did Nash do there? With whom did Nash conduct research at the Institute for Advanced Study?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Jürgen Moser. When was the Courant Institute established? What was the basis of Nash's work there? How did Nash feel about his career in Chapters Thirty and Thirty-One? Why?

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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