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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month did Alicia decide to have Nash committed in Chapter Thirty-Five?
(a) July.
(b) January.
(c) April.
(d) November.

2. In Chapter Forty, Virginia and who traveled to Princeton, at Alicia's request?
(a) Molly.
(b) Wendy.
(c) Anna.
(d) Martha.

3. Studies indicate that people can recover from schizophrenia over a long number of years; Nash described it as emerging from what?
(a) A mental war.
(b) Blinding rage.
(c) Overwhelming confusion.
(d) Irrational thinking.

4. Who had provided a research position for Nash in Boston in Chapter Forty-Three?
(a) Norman Levinson.
(b) Oskar Morgenstern.
(c) Reinhard Selten.
(d) Georg von Rassewitz.

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

6. In what year was Nash committed to a private psychiatric hospital near Princeton in Chapter Forty-Two?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1963.

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

8. Where did Alicia take a job in New York after returning to the U.S. in Chapter Thirty-Nine?
(a) JVC.
(b) MIA.
(c) FBI.
(d) RCA.

9. 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) The University of Chicago.
(c) New York University.
(d) Princeton University.

10. In Chapter Forty-Nine, the United States government was holding an auction of what?
(a) Gold mines.
(b) Air waves.
(c) National parks.
(d) Used vehicles.

11. To what private psychiatric hospital near Princeton was Nash committed in Chapter Forty-Two?
(a) McLean Hospital.
(b) Trenton State Hospital.
(c) The Carrier Clinic.
(d) The Peace Clinic.

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

13. With whom did Nash share the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences?
(a) David Gale and Norman Steenrod.
(b) Reinhard Selten and John Milnor.
(c) Reinhard Selten and John Harsanyi.
(d) Norman Steenrod and John Harsanyi.

14. In Chapter Forty-Nine, Nash was traveling where to accept the Nobel Prize?
(a) Canada.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Venezula.
(d) Mexico.

15. In Chapter Thirty-Four, Nash's colleagues began to suspect that something was wrong when he talked about aliens from outer space communicating with him through what?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Bars of soap.
(c) Cups of coffee.
(d) The New York Times.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study was founded in what year?

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

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

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