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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. 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?

2. Nash began outpatient treatment with what psychiatrist in Chapter Forty-Three?

3. What was Alicia Larde called by her family?

4. Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study was founded by whom?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How old was Nash in Chapter Thirty-One? How did he feel about his career at this point?

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

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

5. Where did the Nash's spend Christmas in Chapter Thirty-Eight? What led to their return to the U.S.?

6. Why did Nash decline an offer at the University of Chicago in Chapter Thirty-Four? How was his behavior described at this time?

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

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

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

10. How is the relationship between Nash and Peter Sarnak described in Chapter Forty-Seven? How did they meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Jürgen Moser. When was the Courant Institute established? What was the basis of Nash's work there? How did Nash feel about his career in Chapters Thirty and Thirty-One? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe McLean Hospital and Robert Lowell. For how long did Nash stay as an involuntary patient at McLean? What were the thoughts of his doctors? For what reasons was poet Robert Lowell committed at the institution? How is his friendship with Nash described?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Nash's first institutionalization and his diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. How did Nash's behavior change during this time? What were his colleagues' concerns? How old was Nash when symptoms of mental illness began to surface?

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