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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. Alicia found employment as what in Chapter Thirty-One?
(a) A calculus professor.
(b) A psychologist.
(c) An aerospace engineer.
(d) A physics researcher.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Thirty-Seven, Alicia and what friend rented a house while Nash was hospitalized?

2. Where did Alicia take a job in New York after returning to the U.S. in Chapter Thirty-Nine?

3. Where was Nash involuntarily committed in Chapter Thirty-Six?

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

5. Alicia took a job where in Chapter Thirty-Five?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. How was the work of Nash being used by the U.S. government in Chapter Forty-Nine?

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

5. Where did the Nash's spend Christmas in Chapter Thirty-Eight? What led to their return to the U.S.?

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

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

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

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

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

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