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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. When the equilibrium solution is used in the prisoner's dilemma game model it leads to mutual ____.
(a) Punishment.
(b) Cooperation.
(c) Defection.
(d) Benefits.

2. Many began to see the presumptions of game theory as callous and ___.
(a) Unrealistic.
(b) Unthinkable.
(c) Irrational.
(d) Inhumane.

3. As a child prodigy, besides learning mathematics and other subjects, von Neumann also learned what language?
(a) Arabic.
(b) Greek.
(c) Tagalog.
(d) Portuguese.

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

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.
(a) Chess.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Kriegspiel.
(d) Poker.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does IAS stand for?

3. In Chapter 6 one of von Neumann's RAND colleagues in the 1950s was mentioned as whom?

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

5. Who originally suggested the RAND Corporation as a research and development institute?

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