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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What game is a cross between Deadlock and Chicken?
(a) Bully.
(b) Crossroads.
(c) Stag Hunt.
(d) Volunteer's Dilemma.

3. Where was the Russian spy born who was instrumental in helping Russia achieve nuclear capability?
(a) Hungary.
(b) Russia.
(c) Germany.
(d) United States.

4. In which symmetric social dilemma game do parties just not cooperate because they do not want to cooperate?
(a) Deadlock.
(b) Kriegspiel.
(c) Bully.
(d) Stag Hunt.

5. Who publicly disavowed preemptive war after so publicly advocating this stance before?
(a) Nash.
(b) Russell.
(c) Hilbert.
(d) Godel.

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

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

8. Organisms and genes can be thought of to have a kind of what in relation to game theory?
(a) Saddle Point.
(b) Strategy.
(c) Defection.
(d) Cooperation.

9. In what field was game theory used to model evolutionary game theory?
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Psychologyy.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Biology.

10. In a game of chicken, what happens if both parties swerve simultaneously?
(a) Neither is the chicken.
(b) They both win.
(c) They have to start over.
(d) A vote determines the winner.

11. When did the initial interest in game theory begin to wane?
(a) Mid-1950s.
(b) Late 1940s.
(c) End of 19th century.
(d) Early 1960s.

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

13. What strategy embodied some human psychology aspects according to Chapter 12?
(a) Tit-for-tat.
(b) Backwards induction.
(c) Minimax.
(d) Madman.

14. What were the subjects in the original Ohio State studies awarded in the pay off situations?
(a) Money.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Medals.
(d) Food vouchers.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the late 1950s what did von Neumann spend most of his time working on?

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

3. What could SAGE detect?

4. If neither person swerves in a game of chicken what happens?

5. Who was Secretary of the Navy in 1950?

(see the answer keys)

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