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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. How old was Nash in Chapter Forty-Four?

2. By what month did Nash begin having problems again and try to secure a position in France in Chapter Forty-Two?

3. The institution Nash to which was involuntarily admitted in Chapter Thirty-Six was affiliated with what institution of higher education?

4. Where did Alicia take a job in New York after returning to the U.S. in Chapter Thirty-Nine?

5. In Chapter Thirty, Nash decided to return to MIT because of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Nash go when he was released from the hospital in Chapter Thirty-Seven? What did Alicia do?

2. Where was John Forbes Nash, Jr. working in Chapter Thirty? What interested him about the work?

3. Where was Nash hospitalized in Chapter Forty? What did he think of his treatment?

4. What led to Nash's winning the Nobel Prize in Chapter Forty-Eight? What issues did the Royal Swedish Academy have with Nash?

5. Where did Nash spend the summer of 1956? What confrontation did he have with his father during this time?

6. How is the Nash's journey to Europe described in Chapter Thirty-Eight? What did they do upon arrival?

7. How is the relationship between Nash and Peter Sarnak described in Chapter Forty-Seven? How did they meet?

8. Where was Nash institutionalized in Chapter Thirty-Six? Who did he meet at the hospital and befriend?

9. In what ways did Alicia attempt to help John Forbes Nash, Jr. in Chapter Thirty-Five? What were her thoughts about her husband at this time?

10. How was the work of Nash being used by the U.S. government in Chapter Forty-Nine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Nash's second summer at RAND and the setting of Santa Monica. Who traveled to California with Nash? What research did Nash conduct at the RAND Corporation during his second summer there? What relationship did Nash have with John Milnor?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Princeton University and Solomon Lefshetz in 1948. How does the author describe the transitions within the mathematics department in 1948? Who were the faculty? How did Solomon Lefshetz go about recruiting Nash? 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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