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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. When was the first Fields Medal awarded?

2. In what year was Nash committed to a private psychiatric hospital near Princeton in Chapter Forty-Two?

3. Paul Cohen was an American mathematician best known for his proof of the independence of what?

4. In Chapter Thirty-Five, Alicia and Nash moved where?

5. By what month did Nash begin having problems again and try to secure a position in France in Chapter Forty-Two?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where was John Forbes Nash, Jr. working in Chapter Thirty? What interested him about the work?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What led to John Forbes Nash, Jr. asking Alicia Larde out in Chapter Twenty-Seven?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Albert Einstein and his position and work at Princeton during the late 1940s. What notoriety had Einstein achieved by this point in history? Also discuss John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s first year at Princeton. How was Nash perceived by the faculty at the university? What was Nash's meeting with Einstein like?

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 Albert Tucker, Lloyd Shapley and Nash equilibrium. What is the basic premise of Nash equilibrium? What influences did Nash have from his relationships with Albert Tucker and Lloyd Shapley. What was the basis of Nash's rivalry with Shapley?

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