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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was von Neumann when he was invited to teach a course at Princeton?
(a) 26.
(b) 32.
(c) 25.
(d) 20.

3. As a child prodigy, besides learning mathematics and other subjects, von Neumann also learned what language?
(a) Tagalog.
(b) Portuguese.
(c) Greek.
(d) Arabic.

4. Who had John Stuart Mill briefly as a tutor?
(a) von Neumann.
(b) Russell.
(c) Hilbert.
(d) Nash.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Game theory, according to details in Chapter 3, is a ____ of conflict.

2. According to Chapter 3, von Neumann concerned himself with what type of games, where in order for one person to gain, another person must lose?

3. Besides mathematics, von Neumann, according to details in Chapter 2, was also very knowledgeable in what area?

4. Who developed the game model now known as a prisoner's dilemma?

5. Which one of von Neumann's colleagues' family had been a member of the House of Lords?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of studies did RAND conduct?

2. What is prisoner's dilemma?

3. Why was von Neumann considered the "best brain in the world?"

4. What are zero-sum games?

5. Who are Mariette, Marianna, and Klara?

6. How does von Neumann's game theory relate to economics?

7. Who originally suggested the RAND corporation and for what purpose?

8. Besides all his work on the Manhattan Project, von Neumann also found time to help IBM. How did he help this company?

9. When was the Cold War and who was involved?

10. Who is Bertrand Russell?

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