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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is also know as a public goods game?
(a) Stag Hunt.
(b) Volunteer's Dilemma.
(c) Prisoner's Dilemma.
(d) Deadlock.

2. Which game is like a military confrontation where one party "beats up" on the opposing party, but runs the risk of having that opposing party decide it is better to retaliate?
(a) Kriegspiel.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Deadlock.
(d) Bully.

3. How long did von Neumann take to do calculations for a project which he thought he would need a digital computer to complete?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 12 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 6 months.

4. Who became pessimistic about military technology and modern society as they aged?
(a) Shubik.
(b) von Neumann.
(c) Russell.
(d) Truman.

5. As Ohio State subjects were allowed to meet and discuss strategy in the original studies, what strategy dominated play?
(a) Tit-for-tat.
(b) Cooperation.
(c) Defection.
(d) Minimax.

6. In the late 1950s what did von Neumann spend most of his time working on?
(a) MIRVs.
(b) The H-bomb.
(c) I.A.S. projects.
(d) The atom bomb.

7. After WWI what did the U.S. push to develop in the hopes of gaining an edge over the Soviet Union?
(a) MIRVs.
(b) The atom bomb.
(c) The hydrogen bomb.
(d) ICBMs.

8. In what year did North Korea invade South Korea to start the Korean War?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1955.

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

10. What strategy was the most successful during Axelrod's tournaments?
(a) Backwards induction.
(b) Madman.
(c) Minimax.
(d) Tit-for-tat.

11. Who came up with the game model centered around two hunters deciding what to hunt for the day?
(a) Einstein.
(b) Nash.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Russell.

12. 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?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1947.

13. Who developed SAGE?
(a) von Neumann.
(b) Godel.
(c) Nash.
(d) Hilbert.

14. Over the years variations on the Ohio study have included variables in gender, race and ____.
(a) Books read.
(b) Eye color.
(c) Car ownership.
(d) Education.

15. Who first suggested nuclear warfare as a game of chicken?
(a) von Neumann.
(b) Russell.
(c) Flood.
(d) Nash.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a public example of a nuclear chicken game?

2. In a game of chicken, what happens if both parties swerve simultaneously?

3. What game did Axelrod's tournaments "play?"

4. Who was viewed as the "aggressors of peace?"

5. Which game has a madman strategy?

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