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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 The Bomb.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Confessing before one's partner in prisoner's dilemma seems what?
(a) Selfish.
(b) Irrational.
(c) Simple.
(d) Rational.

2. Which one of von Neumann's friends and colleague used game theory to help the Allies improve bombing efficacy in Europe?
(a) Kurt Godel.
(b) John Nash.
(c) Merrill Flood.
(d) Bertrand Russell.

3. During von Neumann's time on the Princeton social scene, he attended numerous parties and his drink of choice was what?
(a) Wine.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Bourbon.
(d) Scotch.

4. Bertrand Russell is a ___.
(a) Philosopher.
(b) Physicist.
(c) Economist.
(d) Mathematician.

5. Besides Bertrand Russell, what mathematician thought a new war between the U.S. and Soviet Union was inevitable once the conflict ended between the Allied and Axis powers?
(a) Kurt Godel.
(b) John Nash.
(c) John von Neumann.
(d) Merrrill Flood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of von Neumann's daughter from his first wife?

2. Who had John Stuart Mill briefly as a tutor?

3. What war between the Allied and Axis powers was going on when von Neumann was invited to become part of the Manhattan Project?

4. Prussians issued Kriegspiel to every ____.

5. With what country was the United States engaged in a "cold war?"

(see the answer key)

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