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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. In what year did Nash win the Leroy P. Steele Prize?

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

3. Where did the Nash's move after Paris in Chapter Thirty-Eight?

4. When was Paul Cohen born?

5. Where was Nash involuntarily committed in Chapter Thirty-Six?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the Nash's spend Christmas in Chapter Thirty-Eight? What led to their return to the U.S.?

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

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

4. Where was Nash working in Chapter Forty-Three? How was his emotional state at this time?

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Korean War, Nash's draft status, and Nash's work within the field of manifolds. Why did Nash apply for deferment? Who supported him in his efforts to avoid the draft? Who coerced Nash to work with manifolds? What is the significance of Nash's work in the field?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss Nash's first institutionalization and his diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. How did Nash's behavior change during this time? What were his colleagues' concerns? How old was Nash when symptoms of mental illness began to surface?

Essay Topic 3

Describe McLean Hospital and Robert Lowell. For how long did Nash stay as an involuntary patient at McLean? What were the thoughts of his doctors? For what reasons was poet Robert Lowell committed at the institution? How is his friendship with Nash described?

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