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

2. When was Peter Sarnak born?

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

4. How old was John Forbes Nash, Jr. in Chapter Thirty-One?

5. What is the name of the son John Forbes Nash, Jr. had with Alicia Nash?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Where did Nash go when he was released from the hospital in Chapter Thirty-Seven? What did Alicia do?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Jürgen Moser. When was the Courant Institute established? What was the basis of Nash's work there? How did Nash feel about his career in Chapters Thirty and Thirty-One? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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