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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. In what country did von Neumann earn his PhD in mathematics?
(a) The United States.
(b) Germany.
(c) Hungary.
(d) The Middle East.

2. How old was von Neumann's daughter from his first marriage when she moved in with him?
(a) Late thirties.
(b) Young adult.
(c) Teens.
(d) Pre teens.

3. In what century did Kriegspiel become popular among the Prussians?
(a) 20th.
(b) 17th.
(c) 18th.
(d) 19th.

4. The minimax theorem states that every two-person game that is completely defined and where players are completely opposed, will have a solution in either ____ or mixed strategy.
(a) Pure.
(b) Equal.
(c) Maximum.
(d) Minimum.

5. When did the RAND Corporation become home to many distinguished scientists?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1960s.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the initial interest in game theory begin to wane?

2. What was the first name of von Neumann's first wife?

3. In the prisoner's dilemmas experiments, how many times was the equilibrium solution played, according to Chapter 6?

4. Besides Einstein, von Neumann was in the presence of such great thinkers as ____ at the IAS.

5. Besides mathematics, von Neumann, according to details in Chapter 2, was also very knowledgeable in what area?

(see the answer key)

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