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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 More on Social Dilemmas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the original Ohio State studies to what strategy did the black button correspond?
(a) Cooperation.
(b) Tit-for-tat.
(c) Defection.
(d) Minimax.

2. Prussians issued Kriegspiel to every ____.
(a) Platoon.
(b) Patrol.
(c) Squad.
(d) Regiment.

3. John von Neumann worked with what company to help design a faster, more compact computer?
(a) Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp.
(b) Rand.
(c) Nixdorf Computer Corp.
(d) International Business Machines.

4. Which game is also known as an "assurance game?"
(a) Chicken.
(b) Stag Hunt.
(c) Kriegspiel.
(d) Deadlock.

5. The RAND institute at one time had every great U.S. and free world mathematician, physicist and ____ working there.
(a) Economist.
(b) Topologist.
(c) Philosopher.
(d) Geologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5 it is mentioned that the RAND Corporation became known as what type of place?

2. Shortly after earning his PhD in mathematics, von Neumann moved to what country for a teaching position?

3. A study commissioned to find out how many bombs the U.S. had available reported that a total of 300 to 600 bombs were available in what year?

4. Who appointed von Neumann Atomic Energy Commissioner?

5. In which symmetric social dilemma game do parties just not cooperate because they do not want to cooperate?

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