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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. 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) 1965.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1950.

2. 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) Truman.
(b) Roosevelt.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Eisenhower.

3. According to details in Chapter 7 Harold Urey was a key developer of what?
(a) MIRVs.
(b) The hydrogen bomb.
(c) The atom bomb.
(d) ICBMs.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of the Russian spy working in Britain that helped leak key nuclear information to help Russia become nuclear capable quicker?

3. What game is similar to volunteer's dilemma but is played by only two people?

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

5. Who publicly disavowed preemptive war after so publicly advocating this stance before?

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