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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) Japan.
(b) The Soviet Union.
(c) North Korea.
(d) China.

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

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

4. Whose last work was an attempt to design a human brain based computer.
(a) John von Neumann.
(b) David Hilbert.
(c) Kurt Godel.
(d) John Nash.

5. 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) David Hilbert.
(b) Klaus Fuchs.
(c) Bela Kun.
(d) Kurt Godel.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was von Neumann invited to join the Manhattan Project?

2. What philosopher advocated a world government for peace?

3. Who was Secretary of the Navy in 1950?

4. Before the game of chicken what game model did many believe nuclear warfare was like?

5. In what year did North Korea invade South Korea to start the Korean War?

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