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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where was Jürgen Moser born?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Italy.
(d) East Prussia.

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

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

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

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) Harvard University.
(d) The University of Chicago.

8. The Nobel Prize was established in what year?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1842.

9. In Chapter Thirty-Two, Nash looked for another project in which to become involved and decided to tackle the problem posed by what?
(a) The continuum hypothesis.
(b) Game theory.
(c) The Manhattan Project.
(d) Riemann's Hypothesis.

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

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

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

13. Where did Alicia go upon returning to the United States in Chapter Thirty-Nine?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Anchorage, Alaska.
(c) San Francisco, California.
(d) Boise, Idaho.

14. On what date was John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s second son born?
(a) January 19, 1960.
(b) October 15, 1957.
(c) May 20, 1959.
(d) September 4, 1958.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Alicia's family first settle after coming to America?

2. How old was Nash in Chapter Forty-Four?

3. What year was it in Chapter Thirty-Three?

4. To what private psychiatric hospital near Princeton was Nash committed in Chapter Forty-Two?

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

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