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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who met with Alicia and told her about her son and her relationship with Nash in Chapter Twenty-Seven?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Wanda.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Eleanor.

2. In what year was Nash awarded the John von Neumann Theory Prize for his discovery of non-cooperative equilibria?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1987.

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

4. How old was Nash in Chapter Forty-Four?
(a) 40.
(b) 36.
(c) 51.
(d) 43.

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

6. Where in New York did John Forbes Nash, Jr. rent an apartment in Chapter Twenty-Nine?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) SoHo.
(c) The Upper East Side.
(d) Greenwich Village.

7. When was the first Fields Medal awarded?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1876.

8. What year was it in Chapter Thirty-Three?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1948.

9. In what year did John Forbes Nash, Jr. first ask out Alicia Larde?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1952.

10. What is the name of the locked facility for men where Nash was contained in Chapter Thirty-Six?
(a) Evergreen Hall.
(b) Jacobson's Hall.
(c) Miller Hall.
(d) Bowditch Hall.

11. The hospital where Nash was institutionalized in Chapter Thirty-Six received permission for a court to extend Nash's stay for an additional how many days?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Seventy-seven.
(c) Forty.
(d) Seven.

12. The institution Nash to which was involuntarily admitted in Chapter Thirty-Six was affiliated with what institution of higher education?
(a) Harvard Medical School.
(b) New York University.
(c) The University of Chicago.
(d) Princeton University.

13. Nash declined the offer of a chair at the University of Chicago saying that he was becoming the emperor of what, in Chapter Thirty-Four?
(a) Antarctica.
(b) China.
(c) Australia.
(d) Mercury.

14. Alicia took a job where in Chapter Thirty-Five?
(a) Brandeis University.
(b) Carnegie Mellon University.
(c) MIT.
(d) Princeton University.

15. In Chapter Twenty-Eight, Nash spent the summer of 1956 where?
(a) St. Paul, Minnesota.
(b) Seattle, Washington.
(c) Cody, Wyoming.
(d) Austin, Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Alicia's family first settle after coming to America?

2. When was Jürgen Moser born?

3. What was Alicia Larde called by her family?

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

5. With whom did Nash share the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences?

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