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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. What country did some feel stood in the way of a world government and should be bombed?
(a) North Korea.
(b) The Soviet Union.
(c) Japan.
(d) China.

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

3. John von Neumann helped a company move its _____ computers to digital, stored binary computers.
(a) Graphics systems.
(b) Relay-based.
(c) Transistor.
(d) Analog.

4. What philosopher advocated a world government for peace?
(a) Alchian.
(b) Cun.
(c) Hilbert.
(d) Russell.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the disastrous Secretary of the Navy's speech about neutralizing the Soviet threat made?

2. What war between the Allied and Axis powers was going on when von Neumann was invited to become part of the Manhattan Project?

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?

4. Where were the Manhattan Project operations located?

5. 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?

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