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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 Alicia's family first settle after coming to America?
2. In Chapter Twenty-Eight, Nash spent the summer of 1956 where?
3. Where did Alicia meet John Forbes Nash, Jr., after she had been a student of his in Chapter Twenty-Six?
4. Nash and Alicia sailed on what ship in Chapter Thirty-Eight?
5. What was Alicia Larde called by her family?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What led to Nash's winning the Nobel Prize in Chapter Forty-Eight? What issues did the Royal Swedish Academy have with Nash?
3. Where was John Forbes Nash, Jr. working in Chapter Thirty? What interested him about the work?
4. Where was Nash institutionalized in Chapter Thirty-Six? Who did he meet at the hospital and befriend?
5. How was the work of Nash being used by the U.S. government in Chapter Forty-Nine?
6. Why did Nash decline an offer at the University of Chicago in Chapter Thirty-Four? How was his behavior described at this time?
7. How is Alicia's life described during Nash's hospitalization in Chapter Thirty-Seven? Where did she live?
8. How old was Nash in Chapter Thirty-One? How did he feel about his career at this point?
9. Where was Nash hospitalized in Chapter Forty? What did he think of his treatment?
10. How did Alicia Larde meet John Forbes Nash, Jr.? How is she described in Chapter Twenty-Six?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Nash's relationship with Paul Cohen in 1958. What was Nash's career like during this year? What relationships did he form with the University of Chicago and Harvard University? Where was Nash working in 1958? Where did he want to work?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Nash's work in Seattle, New York, and the Institute for Advanced Study in 1956. With what university is the Institute for Advanced Study associated? What work did Nash do there? With whom did Nash conduct research at the Institute for Advanced Study?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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