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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 Thirty-Five, Alicia and Nash moved where?
(a) Ashland, Oregon.
(b) West Medford, Massachusetts.
(c) Fargo, North Dakota.
(d) Pueblo, Colorado.

2. Nash received an honorary degree, Doctor of Science and Technology from what institution in 1999?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) The University of Chicago.
(c) Carnegie Mellon University.
(d) Princeton University.

3. In Chapter Forty-Three, Nash was back in Boston working where?
(a) The University of Chicago.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) Brandeis University.
(d) Harvard University.

4. When did Jürgen Moser die?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1977.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Nash was released how many days after his commitment to the institution in Chapter Thirty-Six?

2. Where did Nash want to teach the most in Chapter Thirty-Three?

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

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

5. Where did Alicia go upon returning to the United States in Chapter Thirty-Nine?

Short Essay Questions

1. How old was Nash in Chapter Thirty-One? How did he feel about his career at this point?

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

3. What interaction did Alicia have with Eleanor in Chapter Twenty-Seven? What was Alicia's response?

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

5. What led John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s colleagues to suspect something was wrong with him in Chapter Thirty-Four? How did Nash describe his feelings during this time?

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

7. Where was Nash working in Chapter Forty-Three? How was his emotional state at this time?

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

9. What led to Nash's winning the Nobel Prize in Chapter Forty-Eight? What issues did the Royal Swedish Academy have with Nash?

10. Where did the Nash's move after Paris in Chapter Thirty-Eight? What led to Nash's investigation?

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