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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. What month was it when Nash traveled to East Germany in Chapter Thirty-Eight?
(a) September.
(b) June.
(c) March.
(d) October.

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

3. With what was John Forbes Nash, Jr. diagnosed during his first institutionalization in Chapter Thirty-Six?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Brain cancer.
(c) Bipolar disorder.
(d) Paranoid schizophrenia.

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

5. Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study was founded in what year?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1863.
(d) 1930.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the month and year that Nash and Alicia sailed to Europe in Chapter Thirty-Eight?

5. Where in Europe did John Forbes Nash, Jr. decide to go at the end of Chapter Thirty-Seven?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Where was Nash institutionalized in Chapter Thirty-Six? Who did he meet at the hospital and befriend?

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

9. What new project did Nash begin working on in Chapter Thirty-Two? Why?

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

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