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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Forty-Nine, Nash was traveling where to accept the Nobel Prize?
(a) Canada.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Venezula.

2. Where did Alicia take a job in New York after returning to the U.S. in Chapter Thirty-Nine?
(a) RCA.
(b) FBI.
(c) JVC.
(d) MIA.

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

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

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

6. In what month did Alicia decide to have Nash committed in Chapter Thirty-Five?
(a) April.
(b) July.
(c) November.
(d) January.

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

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

9. 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.

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

11. Where was Peter Sarnak born?
(a) Ecuador.
(b) Germany.
(c) Nigeria.
(d) South Africa.

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

13. Where was Nash living with his mother in Chapter Forty-Four?
(a) Key West, Florida.
(b) Roanoke, Virginia.
(c) Buffalo, New York.
(d) Columbus, Ohio.

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

15. 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) Harvard University.
(c) Antioch College.
(d) The University of Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Alicia Larde born?

2. On what date did Nash and Alicia arrive in London in Chapter Thirty-Eight?

3. With what was John Forbes Nash, Jr. diagnosed during his first institutionalization in Chapter Thirty-Six?

4. On what date was John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s second son born?

5. Alicia found employment as what in Chapter Thirty-One?

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