1. Where is Nash when he comes up with his famous theory of equilibrium?
A) In his dorm room
B) In his office at MIT
C) In secret government headquarters
D) At a bar
2. Which is not one of Nash's schizophrenic delusions?
A) Parcher
B) Alicia
C) Charles
D) None of the above are real
3. What common symptoms of schizophrenia do we see Nash exhibiting?
A) Paranoia
B) Hallucinations
C) Extreme intelligence
D) All of the above
4. When does Alicia realize John is schizophrenic?
A) When Dr. Rosen explains John's delusions in the psychiatric hospital
B) When Alicia walks in on John and he tells her to go to her sister's
C) When they discover the newspaper articles in his work shed
D) She never fully realizes/accepts this
5. Who does Nash think he is code-breaking against?
A) The Germans
B) The Russians
C) The CIA
D) The British
6. How is John initially treated for his schizophrenia?
A) With shock therapy
B) With brain surgery
C) With medication
D) He isn't, he's just diagnosed and left on his own
7. What is especially triggering of John's delusions?
A) Performing calculations
B) Stressful situations
C) Alicia
D) His medications
8. What prize does Nash win?
A) The Field Medal for Mathematics
B) The Nobel Prize in Economics
C) Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science
D) National Academy of Sciences Award in Mathematics
9. Why do his peers offer Nash their pens at the end of the film?
A) He loses his as part of the disease
B) It signals his being kicked out of the department
C) In recognition of his achievements
D) Because it shows they want to work with him
10. What does Alicia do once John has been diagnosed with schizophrenia?
A) She tries to be loyal but eventually leaves him
B) She has experienced the disease before and so knows how to help him through it
C) She encourages him to stop taking his medicine and keep up with work so as to distract himself
D) She is confused and upset but remains by his side which eventually helps him to get better
11. Who does John not take along with him to Wheeler Lab?
A) Sol
B) Hansen
C) Bender
D) He takes all three
12. When do we first see Nash's hallucinations (even if he thinks they are real)?
A) In his Princeton dorm room
B) In a government bunker
C) At his office at MIT
D) During his first lecture
13. What shape does John trace out in the sky on his date with Alicia?
A) A cat
B) A dress
C) An umbrella
D) A hat
14. What type of intervention is John Nash given in the hospital?
A) Electroshock therapy
B) Insulin shock therapy
C) Psychotherapy
D) Hypnotherapy
15. How does John Nash stop his hallucinations in A Beautiful Mind?
A) Antipsychotic medication
B) Returning to a familiar environment
C) Focusing on family and work
D) He does not stop his hallucinations
16. Which famous economist does John Nash claim was wrong?
A) Karl Marx
B) Milton Friedman
C) Adam Smith
D) Thomas Robert Malthus
17. What is the source of inspiration for Nash's theory?
A) Swarming behavior of pigeons
B) Strategy in the ancient Chinese game Go
C) Successful code breaking in the First World War
D) Approaching a group of women in a bar
18. John Nash attends school at __________, then works at __________ and gives a lecture at __________.
A) Princeton; MIT; Harvard
B) Harvard; MIT; Princeton
C) Harvard; Princeton; MIT
D) Princeton; Harvard; MIT
19. What was the first indication in A Beautiful Mind that Nash may have been hallucinating?
A) Being brought to the Pentagon to decipher code
B) Getting caught in a exchange of gunfire between government agents
C) Getting a roommate although he was promised a single room
D) When Marcee approaches him in the park and calls him by name
20. When is Nash first convinced he has a problem?
A) When Dr. Rosen comes after Nash as he leaves his lecture
B) When Alicia brings his unopened documents from the mailbox
C) When Nash receives his first treatment at the psychiatric hospital
D) When Charles and Marcee inexplicably appear at the hospital