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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. When was Paul Cohen born?

2. Where was Peter Sarnak born?

3. In Chapter Thirty-Two, Nash looked for another project in which to become involved and decided to tackle the problem posed by what?

4. In Chapter Forty-Nine, Nash was traveling where to accept the Nobel Prize?

5. Where did the Nash's move after Paris in Chapter Thirty-Eight?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s relationship with Alicia described in Chapter Thirty-One? What were peoples' impressions of Alicia?

2. What led to Nash's winning the Nobel Prize in Chapter Forty-Eight? What issues did the Royal Swedish Academy have with Nash?

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

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

5. 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?

6. Where did the Nash's move after Paris in Chapter Thirty-Eight? What led to Nash's investigation?

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

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Nash's second summer at RAND and the setting of Santa Monica. Who traveled to California with Nash? What research did Nash conduct at the RAND Corporation during his second summer there? What relationship did Nash have with John Milnor?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Nash's relationship with Jack Bricker and his arrest in Santa Monica. What work did Nash do with Bricker? Also discuss the theme of homosexuality in the book. Has Nash ever discussed his relationships with men? How was the book received by Nash in this regard?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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