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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Seven.
(c) Seventy-seven.
(d) Twenty-one.

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

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

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

7. The department chairman relieved Nash of his teaching duties for how long in Chapter Thirty-Five?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) One year.
(c) A semester.
(d) Nine months.

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

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

10. Where was Nash involuntarily committed in Chapter Thirty-Six?
(a) The Carrier Clinic.
(b) Harvard Medical School.
(c) Trenton State Hospital.
(d) McLean Hospital.

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

12. When did Paul Cohen die?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1985.
(c) 2004.
(d) 1993.

13. In Chapter Thirty-Five, Alicia and Nash moved where?
(a) West Medford, Massachusetts.
(b) Pueblo, Colorado.
(c) Ashland, Oregon.
(d) Fargo, North Dakota.

14. Who gave Nash a one year research appointment in Chapter Forty-Two?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Carnegie Mellon University.
(c) The University of Chicago.
(d) Brandeis University.

15. What is the name of the locked facility for men where Nash was contained in Chapter Thirty-Six?
(a) Evergreen Hall.
(b) Jacobson's Hall.
(c) Bowditch Hall.
(d) Miller Hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Thirty-Two, Nash looked for another project in which to become involved and decided to tackle the problem posed by what?

2. What was Alicia Larde called by her family?

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

4. Where in Europe did John Forbes Nash, Jr. decide to go at the end of Chapter Thirty-Seven?

5. When was Jürgen Moser born?

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