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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Studies indicate that people can recover from schizophrenia over a long number of years; Nash described it as emerging from what?
(a) Overwhelming confusion.
(b) Blinding rage.
(c) A mental war.
(d) Irrational thinking.

3. The Nobel Prize was established in what year?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1842.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1953.

4. Nash won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work in what area?
(a) Manifolds.
(b) The continuum hypothesis.
(c) Riemann's Hypothesis.
(d) Game theory.

5. How old was John Forbes Nash, Jr. in Chapter Thirty-One?
(a) 37.
(b) 26.
(c) 30.
(d) 45.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Nash in Chapter Forty-Four?

2. When Nash was released from the institution in Chapter Thirty-Seven, he went to MIT and hosted what?

3. What was the month and year that Nash and Alicia sailed to Europe in Chapter Thirty-Eight?

4. Who had provided a research position for Nash in Boston in Chapter Forty-Three?

5. What month was it when Nash traveled to East Germany in Chapter Thirty-Eight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What new project did Nash begin working on in Chapter Thirty-Two? Why?

2. How is John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s relationship with Alicia described in Chapter Thirty-One? What were peoples' impressions of Alicia?

3. Where did Nash go when he was released from the hospital in Chapter Thirty-Seven? What did Alicia do?

4. Where was Nash committed in Chapter Forty-Two? Where did he go upon release?

5. Where did Nash spend the summer of 1956? What confrontation did he have with his father during this time?

6. How is the relationship between Nash and Peter Sarnak described in Chapter Forty-Seven? How did they meet?

7. In what ways did Alicia attempt to help John Forbes Nash, Jr. in Chapter Thirty-Five? What were her thoughts about her husband at this time?

8. What were the doctors' impressions of Nash in Chapter Thirty-Six? With what was he diagnosed?

9. Where was Nash hospitalized in Chapter Forty? What did he think of his treatment?

10. How did Alicia Larde meet John Forbes Nash, Jr.? How is she described in Chapter Twenty-Six?

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