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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What year was it in Chapter Forty-Four?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1965.

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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) The Manhattan Project.
(c) Riemann's Hypothesis.
(d) The continuum hypothesis.

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

13. For what division did Nash work at New York University in Chapter Thirty?
(a) The Antioch Institute of Technology.
(b) The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
(c) The Harvard Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
(d) The Carnegie Institute of Technology.

14. Where was Jürgen Moser born?
(a) Italy.
(b) Brazil.
(c) South Africa.
(d) East Prussia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Nash began outpatient treatment with what psychiatrist in Chapter Forty-Three?

2. Who gave Nash a one year research appointment in Chapter Forty-Two?

3. Where was Nash living with his mother in Chapter Forty-Four?

4. In Chapter Forty-Three, Nash was back in Boston working where?

5. In what month did Alicia decide to have Nash committed in Chapter Thirty-Five?

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