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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 Chicken and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was President of the United States when the nuclear debate came to a head and a study resulted to determine how many bombs the U.S. actually had?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Truman.
(d) Roosevelt.

2. John von Neumann worked with what company to help design a faster, more compact computer?
(a) Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp.
(b) Nixdorf Computer Corp.
(c) International Business Machines.
(d) Rand.

3. Which one of von Neumann's colleagues, though a left wing pacifist, joined with him in advocating preventative nuclear war against the Soviet Union?
(a) Nash.
(b) Russell.
(c) Oppenheimer.
(d) Einstein.

4. When a madman strategy is used by one player the opposing player is more likely to do what?
(a) Defect.
(b) Confess.
(c) Swerve.
(d) Cooperate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What philosopher advocated a world government for peace?

2. Which game has a madman strategy?

3. Whose last work was an attempt to design a human brain based computer.

4. According to details in Chapter 7 Harold Urey was a key developer of what?

5. In what year did the U.S. get good evidence of Soviet nuclear capability?

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