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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Thirty, Nash decided to return to MIT because of what?

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

3. In what year was Nash committed to a private psychiatric hospital near Princeton in Chapter Forty-Two?

4. Where in New York did John Forbes Nash, Jr. rent an apartment in Chapter Twenty-Nine?

5. Where did Alicia go to visit a cousin of hers in Chapter Thirty-Eight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What interaction did Alicia have with Eleanor in Chapter Twenty-Seven? What was Alicia's response?

3. How is the Nash's journey to Europe described in Chapter Thirty-Eight? What did they do upon arrival?

4. Where was Nash living in Chapter Forty-Four? What happened to Nash after the death of his mother?

5. What led John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s colleagues to suspect something was wrong with him in Chapter Thirty-Four? How did Nash describe his feelings during this time?

6. Where was Nash working in Chapter Forty-Three? How was his emotional state at this time?

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

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

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

10. Where was Nash committed in Chapter Forty-Two? Where did he go upon release?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Albert Einstein and his position and work at Princeton during the late 1940s. What notoriety had Einstein achieved by this point in history? Also discuss John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s first year at Princeton. How was Nash perceived by the faculty at the university? What was Nash's meeting with Einstein like?

Essay Topic 2

Define and discuss game theory and the game Kriegspiel. When and where was Kriegspiel developed? What was the role of games within the mathematics department at Princeton? What was significant about the game developed by John Forbes Nash, Jr.?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the RAND Corporation and the Cold War. Who was America's rival in the Cold War? What defense measures were taken at this time? What military work was done by the RAND Corporation? What work does RAND do today? How has the company evolved?

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