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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. Who gave Nash a one year research appointment in Chapter Forty-Two?
(a) Carnegie Mellon University.
(b) The University of Chicago.
(c) Brandeis University.
(d) Princeton University.

2. Where in New York did John Forbes Nash, Jr. rent an apartment in Chapter Twenty-Nine?
(a) SoHo.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) The Upper East Side.
(d) Greenwich Village.

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

4. On what date did Nash and Alicia arrive in London in Chapter Thirty-Eight?
(a) July 18, 1959.
(b) June 27, 1958.
(c) August 4, 1959.
(d) July 29, 1960.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Nash and Alicia sailed on what ship in Chapter Thirty-Eight?

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

3. The department chairman relieved Nash of his teaching duties for how long in Chapter Thirty-Five?

4. When was Paul Cohen born?

5. When was Jürgen Moser born?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s relationship with Alicia described in Chapter Thirty-One? What were peoples' impressions of Alicia?

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

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

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

8. Where was Nash hospitalized in Chapter Forty? What did he think of his treatment?

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

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

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