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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Nash won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work in what area?
(a) Riemann's Hypothesis.
(b) The continuum hypothesis.
(c) Game theory.
(d) Manifolds.

3. Where did Nash go upon returning to the United States in Chapter Thirty-Nine?
(a) Princeton, New Jersey.
(b) Marquette, Michigan.
(c) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
(d) Biloxi, Mississippi.

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

5. Nash received an honorary degree, Doctor of Science and Technology from what institution in 1999?
(a) Carnegie Mellon University.
(b) The University of Chicago.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Harvard University.

6. Luxembourg is bordered by Belgium, France, and what country?
(a) Spain.
(b) Greenland.
(c) Germany.
(d) Poland.

7. What does IMU stand for?
(a) International Manufacturing Union.
(b) Infinite Mechanical Universe.
(c) International Mathematical Union.
(d) Infinite Mathematical Universe.

8. Where in New York did John Forbes Nash, Jr. rent an apartment in Chapter Twenty-Nine?
(a) SoHo.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) The Upper East Side.
(d) Greenwich Village.

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

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

11. Who had provided a research position for Nash in Boston in Chapter Forty-Three?
(a) Georg von Rassewitz.
(b) Oskar Morgenstern.
(c) Reinhard Selten.
(d) Norman Levinson.

12. In Chapter Forty-Nine, the United States government was holding an auction of what?
(a) National parks.
(b) Air waves.
(c) Gold mines.
(d) Used vehicles.

13. What was the month and year that Nash and Alicia sailed to Europe in Chapter Thirty-Eight?
(a) July, 1959.
(b) September, 1960.
(c) April, 1958.
(d) August, 1961.

14. In what year did John Forbes Nash, Jr. first ask out Alicia Larde?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1951.

15. In Chapter Forty-Eight, the announcement of Nash winning the Nobel Prize was made on what date?
(a) October 16, 1988.
(b) October 12, 1994.
(c) June 27, 1991.
(d) May 1, 1999.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Thirty-Four, Nash's colleagues began to suspect that something was wrong when he talked about aliens from outer space communicating with him through what?

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

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

4. Who met with Alicia and told her about her son and her relationship with Nash in Chapter Twenty-Seven?

5. Where did Alicia meet John Forbes Nash, Jr., after she had been a student of his in Chapter Twenty-Six?

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