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

2. Nash received an honorary degree, Doctor of Science and Technology from what institution in 1999?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Carnegie Mellon University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) The University of Chicago.

3. Nash won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work in what area?
(a) Game theory.
(b) Manifolds.
(c) The continuum hypothesis.
(d) Riemann's Hypothesis.

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

5. When was Paul Cohen born?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1934.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Forty-Nine, Nash was traveling where to accept the Nobel Prize?

2. In Chapter Thirty-Five, Alicia and Nash moved where?

3. Who met with Alicia and told her about her son and her relationship with Nash in Chapter Twenty-Seven?

4. In Chapter Twenty-Eight, Nash spent the summer of 1956 where?

5. Paul Cohen was an American mathematician best known for his proof of the independence of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Alicia Larde meet John Forbes Nash, Jr.? How is she described in Chapter Twenty-Six?

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

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

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

5. Where was Nash committed in Chapter Forty-Two? Where did he go upon release?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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