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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Nash in Chapter Forty-Four?
(a) 36.
(b) 51.
(c) 43.
(d) 40.

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

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

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

5. What psychiatrist did Nash meet at a private psychiatric hospital near Princeton in Chapter Forty-Two?
(a) Pattison Esmiol.
(b) Reinhard Selten.
(c) Howard Mele.
(d) John Milnor.

6. In Chapter Thirty-Two, Nash looked for another project in which to become involved and decided to tackle the problem posed by what?
(a) Game theory.
(b) Riemann's Hypothesis.
(c) The Manhattan Project.
(d) The continuum hypothesis.

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

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

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

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

11. In Chapter Forty, Virginia and who traveled to Princeton, at Alicia's request?
(a) Martha.
(b) Molly.
(c) Anna.
(d) Wendy.

12. Alicia took a job where in Chapter Thirty-Five?
(a) Carnegie Mellon University.
(b) MIT.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Brandeis University.

13. When was Peter Sarnak born?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1947.

14. 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) Antioch College.
(c) The University of Chicago.
(d) Bluefield College.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Alicia meet John Forbes Nash, Jr., after she had been a student of his in Chapter Twenty-Six?

2. In Chapter Forty-Nine, the United States government was holding an auction of what?

3. How old was John Forbes Nash, Jr. in Chapter Thirty-One?

4. Nash received an honorary degree, Doctor of Science and Technology from what institution in 1999?

5. Where did the Nash's move after Paris in Chapter Thirty-Eight?

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