View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Forty-Three, Nash was back in Boston working where?

2. When Nash was released from the institution in Chapter Thirty-Seven, he went to MIT and hosted what?

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

4. Where was Peter Sarnak born?

5. What is the name of the locked facility for men where Nash was contained in Chapter Thirty-Six?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss Nash's arrival at MIT, Norbert Weiner, Norman Levinson, and Donald Newman. What was the focus of Nash's research upon his arrival at MIT? How did Nash evolve as a person during this time period?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Second Red Scare, Senator Joseph McCarthy, HUAC, and the Nash-Moser Theorem. How did McCarthyism affect the faculty at MIT? What were Nash's impressions of McCarthyism? How is the Nash-Moser Theorem defined?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 916 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample