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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. The RAND Corporation became know for "___" the unthinkable as they considered problems arising in varied situations?
(a) Thinking.
(b) Doing.
(c) Saying.
(d) Recommending.

2. In Chapter 5 it is mentioned that the RAND Corporation became known as what type of place?
(a) The best brains in the world.
(b) A think tank.
(c) A government conspiracy operation.
(d) A funding black hole.

3. Who originally suggested the RAND Corporation as a research and development institute?
(a) I.A.S.
(b) General Douglas MacArthur.
(c) Douglas Aircraft.
(d) President Truman.

4. What is the name of von Neumann's daughter from his first wife?
(a) Martha.
(b) Marianne.
(c) Madeline.
(d) Mariana.

5. In the divide the cake game the chooser seeks to minimize the ___ piece of cake the cutter will receive.
(a) Maximum.
(b) Size.
(c) Minimum.
(d) Amount.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does IAS stand for?

3. Prussian ___ were required to play Kriegspiel.

4. Russell was the first to suggest a different game model for ___ than prisoner's dilemma.

5. Tic-tac-toe, like the game of ____ , has a finite number of ways it can be played, which can be calculated by a computer.

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