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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter Thirty, Nash decided to return to MIT because of what?
(a) The cooler summer weather.
(b) The intelligence of the locals.
(c) Tax advantages in Massachusetts.
(d) Its proximity to the ocean.

3. When was Alicia Larde born?
(a) September 28, 1926.
(b) January 1, 1933.
(c) May 17, 1931.
(d) June 9, 1930.

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

5. Where was Peter Sarnak born?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Ecuador.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was Nash awarded the John von Neumann Theory Prize for his discovery of non-cooperative equilibria?

3. How old was John Forbes Nash, Jr. in Chapter Thirty-One?

4. 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?

5. The institution Nash to which was involuntarily admitted in Chapter Thirty-Six was affiliated with what institution of higher education?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the work of Nash being used by the U.S. government in Chapter Forty-Nine?

2. Where did Nash spend the summer of 1956? What confrontation did he have with his father during this time?

3. How is Nash's mental state described in Chapter Forty-Two after his release from the hospital?

4. What were the doctors' impressions of Nash in Chapter Thirty-Six? With what was he diagnosed?

5. How did Alicia Larde meet John Forbes Nash, Jr.? How is she described in Chapter Twenty-Six?

6. In what ways did Alicia attempt to help John Forbes Nash, Jr. in Chapter Thirty-Five? What were her thoughts about her husband at this time?

7. How is Alicia's life described during Nash's hospitalization in Chapter Thirty-Seven? Where did she live?

8. How are Nash's career and personal life described in Chapter Thirty-Three?

9. When had Nash previously been considered for the Nobel Prize, as described in Chapter Forty-Eight? Why had he not been nominated?

10. Where did Nash go when he was released from the hospital in Chapter Thirty-Seven? What did Alicia do?

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