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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What poet was also a patient at the institution where Nash was held in Chapter Thirty-Six?
(a) Norman Steenrod.
(b) Albert Tucker.
(c) Harlow Shapley.
(d) Robert Lowell.
2. Who met with Alicia and told her about her son and her relationship with Nash in Chapter Twenty-Seven?
(a) Wanda.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Eleanor.
3. When was Paul Cohen born?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1938.
4. Where did Alicia go upon returning to the United States in Chapter Thirty-Nine?
(a) Boise, Idaho.
(b) Anchorage, Alaska.
(c) San Francisco, California.
(d) Washington, D.C.
5. Nash was released how many days after his commitment to the institution in Chapter Thirty-Six?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) One-hundred, thirty-one.
(d) Eighty-seven.
6. How old was John Forbes Nash, Jr. in Chapter Thirty-One?
(a) 37.
(b) 30.
(c) 26.
(d) 45.
7. Nash received an honorary degree, Doctor of Science and Technology from what institution in 1999?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) The University of Chicago.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Carnegie Mellon University.
8. Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study was founded in what year?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1863.
9. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. marry Alicia Larde?
(a) Atlanta, Georgia.
(b) Memphis, Tennessee.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Salt Lake City, Utah.
10. Where was Alicia Larde born?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Rio de Janeiro.
(c) Quito.
(d) San Salvador.
11. 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) June 27, 1991.
(d) October 12, 1994.
12. What psychiatrist did Nash meet at a private psychiatric hospital near Princeton in Chapter Forty-Two?
(a) Pattison Esmiol.
(b) Howard Mele.
(c) John Milnor.
(d) Reinhard Selten.
13. When did Jürgen Moser die?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1977.
14. When was Jürgen Moser born?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1899.
15. Where did Alicia go to visit a cousin of hers in Chapter Thirty-Eight?
(a) India.
(b) Italy.
(c) Morocco.
(d) New Zealand.
Short Answer Questions
1. What year was it in Chapter Forty-Four?
2. In Chapter Forty-Nine, the United States government was holding an auction of what?
3. What does IMU stand for?
4. On what date was John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s second son born?
5. Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study was founded by whom?
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