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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 declined the offer of a chair at the University of Chicago saying that he was becoming the emperor of what, in Chapter Thirty-Four?
(a) China.
(b) Antarctica.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Australia.

2. Where did Nash travel to visit a cousin in Chapter Forty-Three?
(a) South Dakota.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) California.

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

4. What was Alicia Larde called by her family?
(a) Turtle.
(b) Lichi.
(c) Ally.
(d) Tamale.

5. Where was Peter Sarnak born?
(a) Germany.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Nigeria.
(d) South Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what division did Nash work at New York University in Chapter Thirty?

2. When was Peter Sarnak born?

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

4. How old was John Forbes Nash, Jr. in Chapter Thirty-One?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. Where was Nash institutionalized in Chapter Thirty-Six? Who did he meet at the hospital and befriend?

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

10. 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?

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