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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Studies indicate that people can recover from schizophrenia over a long number of years; Nash described it as emerging from what?
(a) Blinding rage.
(b) A mental war.
(c) Overwhelming confusion.
(d) Irrational thinking.

2. When was Peter Sarnak born?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1953.

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

4. In Chapter Forty, Virginia and who traveled to Princeton, at Alicia's request?
(a) Martha.
(b) Anna.
(c) Molly.
(d) Wendy.

5. Where was Nash living with his mother in Chapter Forty-Four?
(a) Key West, Florida.
(b) Roanoke, Virginia.
(c) Columbus, Ohio.
(d) Buffalo, New York.

6. The hospital where Nash was institutionalized in Chapter Thirty-Six received permission for a court to extend Nash's stay for an additional how many days?
(a) Forty.
(b) Seventy-seven.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Seven.

7. What institution was interested in Nash in Chapter Thirty-Three, although he applied for grant money for a sabbatical to work on research at Princeton and in Paris?
(a) Bluefield College.
(b) Antioch College.
(c) The University of Chicago.
(d) Harvard University.

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

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

10. In Chapter Thirty-Seven, Alicia and what friend rented a house while Nash was hospitalized?
(a) Mary.
(b) Emma.
(c) Louise.
(d) Jennifer.

11. What year was it in Chapter Forty-Four?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1970.

12. When did Jürgen Moser die?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1959.

13. Where did the Nash's move after Paris in Chapter Thirty-Eight?
(a) Oslo, Norway.
(b) Geneva, Switzerland.
(c) London, England.
(d) Rejkavic, Iceland.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Paul Cohen born?

2. What is the name of the son John Forbes Nash, Jr. had with Alicia Nash?

3. Paul Cohen was an American mathematician best known for his proof of the independence of what?

4. Nash received an honorary degree, Doctor of Science and Technology from what institution in 1999?

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

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