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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was John Forbes Nash, Jr. in Chapter Thirty-One?
(a) 45.
(b) 37.
(c) 30.
(d) 26.

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

3. Where did Nash travel to visit a cousin in Chapter Forty-Three?
(a) California.
(b) South Dakota.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Arkansas.

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

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

6. When was Paul Cohen born?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1917.

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

8. In what month did Alicia decide to have Nash committed in Chapter Thirty-Five?
(a) April.
(b) January.
(c) July.
(d) November.

9. In Chapter Thirty, Nash decided to return to MIT because of what?
(a) Its proximity to the ocean.
(b) The intelligence of the locals.
(c) Tax advantages in Massachusetts.
(d) The cooler summer weather.

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

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

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

13. In what year was Nash awarded the John von Neumann Theory Prize for his discovery of non-cooperative equilibria?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1990.

14. What month was it when Nash traveled to East Germany in Chapter Thirty-Eight?
(a) September.
(b) June.
(c) March.
(d) October.

15. In what year did Nash win the Leroy P. Steele Prize?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2003.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1989.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Alicia Larde born?

2. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. marry Alicia Larde?

3. Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study was founded in what year?

4. What was the month and year that Nash and Alicia sailed to Europe in Chapter Thirty-Eight?

5. Luxembourg is bordered by Belgium, France, and what country?

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