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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alicia found employment as what in Chapter Thirty-One?
(a) A calculus professor.
(b) A psychologist.
(c) An aerospace engineer.
(d) A physics researcher.

2. Who gave Nash a one year research appointment in Chapter Forty-Two?
(a) Brandeis University.
(b) The University of Chicago.
(c) Carnegie Mellon University.
(d) Princeton University.

3. On what date did Nash and Alicia arrive in London in Chapter Thirty-Eight?
(a) July 29, 1960.
(b) August 4, 1959.
(c) July 18, 1959.
(d) June 27, 1958.

4. With whom did Nash share the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences?
(a) Reinhard Selten and John Harsanyi.
(b) Reinhard Selten and John Milnor.
(c) Norman Steenrod and John Harsanyi.
(d) David Gale and Norman Steenrod.

5. The Nobel Prize was established in what year?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1842.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1924.

6. Where was Jürgen Moser born?
(a) Brazil.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Italy.
(d) East Prussia.

7. Nash was released how many days after his commitment to the institution in Chapter Thirty-Six?
(a) Twenty-four.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Eighty-seven.
(d) One-hundred, thirty-one.

8. Where did Nash want to teach the most in Chapter Thirty-Three?
(a) Carnegie Mellon University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Bluefield College.

9. What is the name of the locked facility for men where Nash was contained in Chapter Thirty-Six?
(a) Bowditch Hall.
(b) Jacobson's Hall.
(c) Miller Hall.
(d) Evergreen Hall.

10. In Chapter Twenty-Seven, Nash realized that he needed to marry after the disastrous summer where?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York.
(c) Santa Monica.
(d) Sacramento.

11. Where was Nash committed in Chapter Forty?
(a) Trenton State Hospital.
(b) McLean Hospital.
(c) The Carrier Clinic.
(d) The Peace Clinic.

12. On what date was John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s second son born?
(a) September 4, 1958.
(b) January 19, 1960.
(c) October 15, 1957.
(d) May 20, 1959.

13. Where in Europe did John Forbes Nash, Jr. decide to go at the end of Chapter Thirty-Seven?
(a) Zurich.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Oslo.

14. Alicia took a job where in Chapter Thirty-Five?
(a) Carnegie Mellon University.
(b) MIT.
(c) Brandeis University.
(d) Princeton University.

15. Where did Alicia's family first settle after coming to America?
(a) Biloxi, Mississippi.
(b) Boston, Massachusetts.
(c) Seattle, Washington.
(d) Charleston, South Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Thirty-Seven, Alicia and what friend rented a house while Nash was hospitalized?

2. Nash and Alicia sailed on what ship in Chapter Thirty-Eight?

3. When was Jürgen Moser born?

4. What was Alicia Larde called by her family?

5. Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study was founded by whom?

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