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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. Who was von Neumann's partner in the original development of game theory?
(a) Morgenstern.
(b) Godel.
(c) Nash.
(d) Flood.

2. Tic-tac-toe, like the game of ____ , has a finite number of ways it can be played, which can be calculated by a computer.
(a) Chess.
(b) Kriegspiel.
(c) Poker.
(d) Baseball.

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

4. Besides Einstein, von Neumann was in the presence of such great thinkers as ____ at the IAS.
(a) Alois Alzheimer.
(b) Oppenheimer.
(c) Edison.
(d) Graham.

5. Who developed the game model now known as a prisoner's dilemma?
(a) Flood.
(b) Shubik.
(c) Godel.
(d) Axelrod.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a child prodigy, besides learning mathematics and other subjects, von Neumann also learned what language?

2. In Chapter 5 it is mentioned that the RAND Corporation became known as what type of place?

3. As mentioned in Chapter 6, which two colleagues agreed to play the experimental prisoner's dilemmas?

4. In the original Ohio State studies to what strategy did the red button correspond?

5. How old was von Neumann's daughter from his first marriage when she moved in with him?

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