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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. Russell was the first to suggest a different game model for ___ than prisoner's dilemma.
(a) Selling a car.
(b) Building a world government.
(c) Negotiating a peace treaty.
(d) Nuclear war.

2. In the prisoner's dilemmas experiments, how many times was the equilibrium solution played, according to Chapter 6?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 26.
(d) 17.

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

4. After his fall von Neumann was examined by a doctor who diagnosed him with what disease?
(a) Prostate Cancer.
(b) Radiation poisoning.
(c) Lymphoma.
(d) Alzhemier's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What could SAGE detect?

2. Over the years variations on the Ohio study have included variables in gender, race and ____.

3. Which game has a madman strategy?

4. Game theory as developed by von Neumann revolutionized a variety of fields not just mathematics, but economics, biology and ___.

5. How old was von Neumann's daughter from his first marriage when she moved in with him?

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