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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 Von Neumann's Last years.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the divide the cake game the chooser seeks to minimize the ___ piece of cake the cutter will receive.
(a) Amount.
(b) Maximum.
(c) Size.
(d) Minimum.

2. During the Cold War "mutually assured ___" was the deterrence doctrine of the time.
(a) Destruction.
(b) Success.
(c) Peace.
(d) Development.

3. The Manhattan Project was a secret U.S. government program to build what?
(a) A hydrogen bomb.
(b) A computer guided missile.
(c) An atomic bomb.
(d) A bio-weapon.

4. In the game model prisoner's dilemma who developed the equilibrium solution that undermined rationality in general?
(a) Nash.
(b) Godel.
(c) Flood.
(d) von Neumann.

5. When you make a decision in a game that you think your opponent will make, you are using a minimax or ___ strategy.
(a) Pure.
(b) Mixed.
(c) Equal.
(d) Minimum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who originally suggested the RAND Corporation as a research and development institute?

2. Prussian ___ were required to play Kriegspiel.

3. Despite escalating armaments the Cold War ended without _____.

4. Later in variations of the Ohio State study, what strategy dominated play?

5. Who did the public see as Machiavellian advocates of nuclear war in connection with the wane in game theory interest?

(see the answer key)

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