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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When Nash was released from the institution in Chapter Thirty-Seven, he went to MIT and hosted what?
(a) A Batty Brunch.
(b) A Crazy Carnival.
(c) A Loon's Luncheon.
(d) A Mad Hatter's Tea.

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

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

7. In Chapter Twenty-Eight, Nash spent the summer of 1956 where?
(a) Seattle, Washington.
(b) Cody, Wyoming.
(c) St. Paul, Minnesota.
(d) Austin, Texas.

8. Nash began outpatient treatment with what psychiatrist in Chapter Forty-Three?
(a) Oskar Morgenstern.
(b) Pattison Esmiol.
(c) Abraham Flexner.
(d) David Gale.

9. When was Alicia Larde born?
(a) January 1, 1933.
(b) September 28, 1926.
(c) June 9, 1930.
(d) May 17, 1931.

10. What does IMU stand for?
(a) International Manufacturing Union.
(b) International Mathematical Union.
(c) Infinite Mathematical Universe.
(d) Infinite Mechanical Universe.

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

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

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

14. Where in New York did John Forbes Nash, Jr. rent an apartment in Chapter Twenty-Nine?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) SoHo.
(c) The Upper East Side.
(d) Greenwich Village.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what private psychiatric hospital near Princeton was Nash committed in Chapter Forty-Two?

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

3. For what division did Nash work at New York University in Chapter Thirty?

4. What year was it in Chapter Forty-Four?

5. 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?

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