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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. In what year did John Forbes Nash, Jr. first ask out Alicia Larde?

4. Where did Nash want to teach the most in Chapter Thirty-Three?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where was Nash living in Chapter Forty-Four? What happened to Nash after the death of his mother?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Nash's relationship with Jack Bricker and his arrest in Santa Monica. What work did Nash do with Bricker? Also discuss the theme of homosexuality in the book. Has Nash ever discussed his relationships with men? How was the book received by Nash in this regard?

Essay Topic 2

Define and discuss game theory and the game Kriegspiel. When and where was Kriegspiel developed? What was the role of games within the mathematics department at Princeton? What was significant about the game developed by John Forbes Nash, Jr.?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Princeton University and Solomon Lefshetz in 1948. How does the author describe the transitions within the mathematics department in 1948? Who were the faculty? How did Solomon Lefshetz go about recruiting Nash? Why?

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