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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Nash committed in Chapter Forty?
(a) McLean Hospital.
(b) The Peace Clinic.
(c) Trenton State Hospital.
(d) The Carrier Clinic.

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

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

4. 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) Overwhelming confusion.
(c) Irrational thinking.
(d) A mental war.

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

6. When was Jürgen Moser born?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1928.

7. Paul Cohen was an American mathematician best known for his proof of the independence of what?
(a) Manifolds.
(b) The Manhattan Project.
(c) The continuum hypothesis.
(d) Game theory.

8. The institution Nash to which was involuntarily admitted in Chapter Thirty-Six was affiliated with what institution of higher education?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Harvard Medical School.
(c) New York University.
(d) The University of Chicago.

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

10. When was the first Fields Medal awarded?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1936.

11. Where did Alicia meet John Forbes Nash, Jr., after she had been a student of his in Chapter Twenty-Six?
(a) A hockey game.
(b) A play.
(c) A scientific conference.
(d) The Music Library.

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

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

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

15. To what private psychiatric hospital near Princeton was Nash committed in Chapter Forty-Two?
(a) Trenton State Hospital.
(b) The Peace Clinic.
(c) McLean Hospital.
(d) The Carrier Clinic.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Nash was released from the institution in Chapter Thirty-Seven, he went to MIT and hosted what?

2. In Chapter Twenty-Seven, Nash realized that he needed to marry after the disastrous summer where?

3. When did Jürgen Moser die?

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

5. Where did Nash travel to visit a cousin in Chapter Forty-Three?

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