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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 what year was Nash committed to a private psychiatric hospital near Princeton in Chapter Forty-Two?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1965.

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

3. 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) Bluefield College.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) The University of Chicago.
(d) Antioch College.

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

5. Where did Alicia's family first settle after coming to America?
(a) Biloxi, Mississippi.
(b) Charleston, South Carolina.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Seattle, Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. Studies indicate that people can recover from schizophrenia over a long number of years; Nash described it as emerging from what?

2. In Chapter Twenty-Seven, Nash realized that he needed to marry after the disastrous summer where?

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

4. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. marry Alicia Larde?

5. By what month did Nash begin having problems again and try to secure a position in France in Chapter Forty-Two?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Nash's mental state described in Chapter Forty-Two after his release from the hospital?

3. How is Alicia's life described during Nash's hospitalization in Chapter Thirty-Seven? Where did she live?

4. How is the Nash's journey to Europe described in Chapter Thirty-Eight? What did they do upon arrival?

5. 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?

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

7. Why did Nash decline an offer at the University of Chicago in Chapter Thirty-Four? How was his behavior described at this time?

8. Where was John Forbes Nash, Jr. working in Chapter Thirty? What interested him about the work?

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

10. When had Nash previously been considered for the Nobel Prize, as described in Chapter Forty-Eight? Why had he not been nominated?

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