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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country did some feel stood in the way of a world government and should be bombed?
(a) Japan.
(b) China.
(c) North Korea.
(d) The Soviet Union.

2. At the end of summer at RAND one of the employees would watch what people would ____ when they left.
(a) Take.
(b) Sell.
(c) Toss out.
(d) Leave.

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

4. Which one of von Neumann's colleagues' family had been a member of the House of Lords?
(a) Alchian.
(b) Russell.
(c) Nash.
(d) Flood.

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

6. In Chapter 6 one of von Neumann's RAND colleagues in the 1950s was mentioned as whom?
(a) John Nash.
(b) David Hilbert.
(c) Kurt Godel.
(d) Merrill Flood.

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

8. Kriegspiel is what is termed an "____" information game.
(a) Calculated.
(b) Imperfect.
(c) Infinite.
(d) Finite.

9. What does IAS stand for?
(a) Institute of Armament Strategies.
(b) Institute for Armament Strategies.
(c) Institute in Advanced Studies.
(d) Institute for Advanced Studies.

10. Game theory involves competitive games between perfectly ____ and opposed players.
(a) Irrational.
(b) Matched.
(c) Equal.
(d) Rational.

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

12. Who originally suggested the RAND Corporation as a research and development institute?
(a) I.A.S.
(b) President Truman.
(c) General Douglas MacArthur.
(d) Douglas Aircraft.

13. What was the bomb called that von Neumann developed which became the basis for later nuclear device development?
(a) The ICBMs.
(b) The "trapdoor."
(c) The "fat man" bomb.
(d) The "bully" bomb.

14. In Chapter 3 we are presented with examples of games that use mixed strategies, but this does not include which game below?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Divide the Cake.
(c) Kriegspiel.
(d) Poker.

15. Who developed a mathematical way to extend von Neumann's game theory beyond the original game theory insights?
(a) John Nash.
(b) Merrill Flood.
(c) David Hilbert.
(d) Kurt Godel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In prisoner's dilemma, if either criminal confesses before the other the police promise to do what?

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

4. When the equilibrium solution is used in the prisoner's dilemma game model it leads to mutual ____.

5. Which one of von Neumann's colleagues, though a left wing pacifist, joined with him in advocating preventative nuclear war against the Soviet Union?

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