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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 Game Theory and its Discontents.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before ever making his memorable contribution for the development of game theory von Neumann was already known as the "best ______ in the world."
(a) Brain.
(b) Thinker.
(c) Scientist.
(d) Mathematician.

2. John von Neumann developed game theory partly as an alternative foundation to what?
(a) Physics.
(b) Economics.
(c) Probability.
(d) Human behavior.

3. Game theory, according to details in Chapter 3, is a ____ of conflict.
(a) Trapdoor.
(b) Model.
(c) Solution.
(d) Escalation.

4. Who played Kriegspiel as a boy?
(a) Merrill Flood.
(b) John von Neumann.
(c) Robert Axelrod.
(d) John Nash.

5. As mentioned in Chapter 6, which two colleagues agreed to play the experimental prisoner's dilemmas?
(a) Alchian and Shubik.
(b) Cun and Williams.
(c) Godel and Cun.
(d) Williams and Alchian.

Short Answer Questions

1. The original Ohio State studies in the 1950s and 1960s used who as subjects for prisoner's dilemma situations?

2. Who was von Neumann's partner in the original development of game theory?

3. Who conducted an experiment to see how real people would respond in the prisoner's dilemma game model?

4. Prussians issued Kriegspiel to every ____.

5. RAND developed a nuclear fail safe strategy that held that a good second strike capability deterred a first strike by ensuring that the U.S. had plenty of what available?

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