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

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

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

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

5. Nash and Alicia sailed on what ship in Chapter Thirty-Eight?
(a) The Water Dog.
(b) The Queen Mary.
(c) The Wooden Fish.
(d) The King James.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Nash win the Leroy P. Steele Prize?

2. Nash won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work in what area?

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

4. What is the name of the locked facility for men where Nash was contained in Chapter Thirty-Six?

5. In Chapter Forty-Nine, the United States government was holding an auction of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What led to John Forbes Nash, Jr. asking Alicia Larde out in Chapter Twenty-Seven?

4. How are Nash's career and personal life described in Chapter Thirty-Three?

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

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

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

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

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

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