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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Nash committed to a private psychiatric hospital near Princeton in Chapter Forty-Two?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1965.

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) Seven.
(b) Seventy-seven.
(c) Forty.
(d) Twenty-one.

3. Who had provided a research position for Nash in Boston in Chapter Forty-Three?
(a) Georg von Rassewitz.
(b) Reinhard Selten.
(c) Norman Levinson.
(d) Oskar Morgenstern.

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

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

6. What poet was also a patient at the institution where Nash was held in Chapter Thirty-Six?
(a) Albert Tucker.
(b) Robert Lowell.
(c) Norman Steenrod.
(d) Harlow Shapley.

7. Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study was founded in what year?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1863.

8. What was the month and year that Nash and Alicia sailed to Europe in Chapter Thirty-Eight?
(a) July, 1959.
(b) April, 1958.
(c) September, 1960.
(d) August, 1961.

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

10. What year was it in Chapter Thirty-Three?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1958.

11. 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) Harvard University.
(b) Bluefield College.
(c) Antioch College.
(d) The University of Chicago.

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

13. In Chapter Forty-Eight, the announcement of Nash winning the Nobel Prize was made on what date?
(a) May 1, 1999.
(b) October 16, 1988.
(c) October 12, 1994.
(d) June 27, 1991.

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

15. Where did Nash want to teach the most in Chapter Thirty-Three?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Bluefield College.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Carnegie Mellon University.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What psychiatrist did Nash meet at a private psychiatric hospital near Princeton in Chapter Forty-Two?

3. Who met with Alicia and told her about her son and her relationship with Nash in Chapter Twenty-Seven?

4. In what month did Alicia decide to have Nash committed in Chapter Thirty-Five?

5. Where was Nash involuntarily committed in Chapter Thirty-Six?

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