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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 50 and epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who met with Alicia and told her about her son and her relationship with Nash in Chapter Twenty-Seven?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Wanda.
(d) Elizabeth.

2. Where did Alicia meet John Forbes Nash, Jr., after she had been a student of his in Chapter Twenty-Six?
(a) A play.
(b) A scientific conference.
(c) A hockey game.
(d) The Music Library.

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

4. Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study was founded by whom?
(a) Harlow Shapley.
(b) Abraham Flexner.
(c) Ervin Thorson.
(d) Reinhard Selten.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Fifteen, Nash began to study the area of what?

2. Nash's first infatuation with a man was with whom, as described in Chapter Twenty-Two?

3. In Chapter Forty, Virginia and who traveled to Princeton, at Alicia's request?

4. With whom did Nash share the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences?

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

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