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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. In the prisoner's dilemma, what do both criminals have to do in order to be set free by the police?
(a) Wait for their lawyers then confess.
(b) Tell lies about each other.
(c) Keep quiet.
(d) Confess.

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

3. In Chapter 1 if neither loved one pushes their button by the time limit what happens?
(a) One dies.
(b) Both are beaten.
(c) Both are set free.
(d) Both die.

4. In what year was von Neumann invited to join the Manhattan Project?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1946.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what century did Kriegspiel become popular among the Prussians?

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

3. What was the last name of von Neumann's first wife?

4. What is it called when both rational opposing parties choose an equal division in a game?

5. Confessing before one's partner in prisoner's dilemma seems what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Russell and von Neumann advocate preventative war during the Cold War?

2. What were the results of Flood's experimental prisoner's dilemmas?

3. Why do Poker and Baseball involve mixed strategies?

4. How did the Nash equilibrium strategy affect the prisoner's dilemma game model?

5. Who are Mariette, Marianna, and Klara?

6. What are zero-sum games?

7. What did Merrill Flood observe and conclude about his RAND colleagues as they left California at the end of summer?

8. What is Kriegspiel?

9. Who is John Nash?

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

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