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

2. Who invited von Neumann to join the Manhattan Project?
(a) Oppenheimer.
(b) Godel.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Flood.

3. What was the name of the Russian spy working in Britain that helped leak key nuclear information to help Russia become nuclear capable quicker?
(a) Bela Kun.
(b) David Hilbert.
(c) Klaus Fuchs.
(d) Kurt Godel.

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

5. 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) Roosevelt.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Truman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of von Neumann's colleagues, though a left wing pacifist, joined with him in advocating preventative nuclear war against the Soviet Union?

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

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

4. Who played an unintentional role in resolution of the public nuclear game of chicken?

5. What country did some feel stood in the way of a world government and should be bombed?

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