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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Forty-Eight, the announcement of Nash winning the Nobel Prize was made on what date?
(a) May 1, 1999.
(b) October 12, 1994.
(c) October 16, 1988.
(d) June 27, 1991.

2. What is the name of the son John Forbes Nash, Jr. had with Alicia Nash?
(a) Elliot Daniel Nash.
(b) Henry Nicolaus Nash.
(c) John Charles Martin Nash .
(d) Robert Theodore Nash.

3. Where did John Forbes Nash, Jr. marry Alicia Larde?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Salt Lake City, Utah.
(c) Atlanta, Georgia.
(d) Memphis, Tennessee.

4. Where did the Nash's move after Paris in Chapter Thirty-Eight?
(a) Oslo, Norway.
(b) London, England.
(c) Geneva, Switzerland.
(d) Rejkavic, Iceland.

5. What was the month and year that Nash and Alicia sailed to Europe in Chapter Thirty-Eight?
(a) April, 1958.
(b) September, 1960.
(c) July, 1959.
(d) August, 1961.

6. Where did Nash go upon returning to the United States in Chapter Thirty-Nine?
(a) Marquette, Michigan.
(b) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
(c) Princeton, New Jersey.
(d) Biloxi, Mississippi.

7. Where was Alicia Larde born?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Rio de Janeiro.
(c) Quito.
(d) San Salvador.

8. In Chapter Thirty-Five, Alicia and Nash moved where?
(a) Pueblo, Colorado.
(b) Fargo, North Dakota.
(c) West Medford, Massachusetts.
(d) Ashland, Oregon.

9. When was Jürgen Moser born?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1919.

10. Where did Nash want to teach the most in Chapter Thirty-Three?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) Carnegie Mellon University.
(d) Bluefield College.

11. For what division did Nash work at New York University in Chapter Thirty?
(a) The Carnegie Institute of Technology.
(b) The Antioch Institute of Technology.
(c) The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
(d) The Harvard Institute of Mathematical Sciences.

12. When was Peter Sarnak born?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1947.

13. By what month did Nash begin having problems again and try to secure a position in France in Chapter Forty-Two?
(a) February.
(b) July.
(c) May.
(d) September.

14. In Chapter Thirty-Seven, Alicia and what friend rented a house while Nash was hospitalized?
(a) Mary.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Louise.
(d) Emma.

15. When was Paul Cohen born?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1938.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What institution was interested in Nash in Chapter Thirty-Three, although he applied for grant money for a sabbatical to work on research at Princeton and in Paris?

3. What year was it in Chapter Thirty-Three?

4. In Chapter Thirty-Two, Nash looked for another project in which to become involved and decided to tackle the problem posed by what?

5. What year was it in Chapter Forty-Four?

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